Brambach

[Leslie W Bartlett]

The hammers are actually good. I'd either steam them, juice them with
alcohol, or needle them- don't know what she'd think.  But this is, as
should be obvious, my attempt to get some more experienced folks to tell
her what I've already told her.

Now, she's a therapist, and he's a psychaitrist- University teaching, not
private practice, so they're not wealthy, though she drives an 850 Volvo
and I the cheapest extended cap Ford Ranger I could get..........   I did
say to her, "Now what would you tell a client who presented what you have
just done...................."
Thanks
les bartlett
houston.

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:34:49 -0500 kam544@flash.net writes:
> >...Lady is complaining of thuddy bass strings, and "tinny" tone, and 
> doesn't
> >want to spent much money.  Any suggestions...
> >les bartlett
> 
> Les, List,
> 
> If you are willing to work in an attempt to solve this piano's 
> problems and
> receive the money she doesn't want to spend, you can experiment as 
> much as
> you want and as long as you want.
> 
> Two ideas follow:
> 
> 1) Short of replacing the bass strings, I have twisting offending 
> ones back
> and forth for temporary new life until replacement was the only 
> option.
> 
> 2) As to tinny tone areas (hammers with little or no felt), I have 
> taken
> buckskin and glued it to the hammer faces and adjusted let-off to
> compensate for the added thickness.  Then I harden the leather to 
> blend it
> in with the rest of the piano.
> 
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
> 
> 

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