Winter & Co. .... Blahhh

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Hi Zi,=20
Tuned one of those Alcoa types today!
Really not that bad.
 I had tuned it 6 months earlier for a store and while the bass was 5 =
cents low and the treble 3 to 5 cents high the tuning came out quite =
well. The piano now resides in a church that has constant temp control =
and is in a room away from the direct sun.
Now the other Winter piano that I will do work on, at another store is =
quite another story.
Bass strings breaking in the middle due to rodents and the hammers worn =
out, loose bridge pins as well as tuning pins. The case looks like it =
has been in a war zone.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Z! Reinhardt=20
  To: Alan R. Barnard ; Pianotech=20
  Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 6:30 PM
  Subject: Re: Winter & Co. .... Blahhh


  Now try tuning one with an aluminum plate.  Talk about instability =
...!  But hey -- they were light enough for ordinary people (as opposed =
to piano movers) to push around to their liking.

  (I'll leave it to your collective imaginations where some of these may =
have ended up after a good push.)

  Z! Reinhardt  RPT
  Ann Arbor  MI
  diskladame@provide.net


  ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Alan R. Barnard=20
    To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
    Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:06 PM
    Subject: Winter & Co. .... Blahhh


    Are all Winter & Co. pianos mucho crappy or just the ones I tune? =
Wound bichords up to G#36 (5 notes on the tenor bridge). Wild strings =
everywhere. Whiny trichords. Thumpy, wumpy lowest octave. Unstable as =
all get-out for about 3 notes either side of the tenor-treble break...

    Seems like a lot of people, over the years, went shopping for a =
piano but were tricked by the nice-looking furniture!

    Of course, today's wasn't really a completely fair example ... =
hadn't been tuned since 1985!

    Oh, and another plug for Sanderson Pitch Correction -- this sucker =
was all over the place from 12 to 80 cents flat. Adjusted my percentages =
about every 6 to 12 notes. Ended up reaaaaaaal close. It always amazes =
me how well it works!

    Alan Barnard
    Raisin' Cain (and pitch) in Salem, MO
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