on 3/17/01 5:04 PM, Richard Wolff at r.a.wolff@worldnet.att.net wrote: > What I don't know about > tuning would fill several books, but I have figured this much out: anyone > who trys to make a career of this without a thorough understanding of the > principles is going to be very frustrated, along with his clients. Boy, isn't this the truth! I had a bizarre experience yesterday. I was just turning onto my street, almost home for the day, when my mobile phone rang, delivering a voice mail from one of the manufacturer techs in California. Seems a lone wolf tech had a disassembled damper lift tray that he could not put back together after 2 days of trying and much time on the phone with the manufacturer. I was asked to please go out and put the thing together. I got home, returned the call, had the tech bulletin faxed to me, and was out the door on my rescue mission. I had never heard of this KC tech even though he said he had been tuning for years. I figured out an assembly sequence that would work and had the thing together in a few minutes. I could go on a bit about the clueless tech, but I came away from the situation with a refreshed appreciation for the community of techs, the PTG, and specifically this pianotech e-mail forum on which a description of dealing with these damper lift trays has been written up more than once. Thanks, everyone. Kent Swafford PS -- Richard, after over 20 years, what I don't know about tuning can, and does, _still_ fill many, many books. :) The time never comes when you shouldn't still be learning something new. KES
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