You might want to check for warped structural parts - like keybed, action frame, action rails - oh, and the restaurant might want to check its insurance! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tvak@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: flood at the restaurant > Three weeks ago there was a small flood at the restaurant where I play (and > tune) the Samick grand. The water was only a few inches deep but with the > carpeting it created a very humid environment. This happened once before, > knocking the tuning out, and surprisingly, when things dried out, the tuning > went back to, well, acceptable. > > This time in addition to the tuning going south, there are a lot of double > striking hammers. This is not going away. Something changed and stayed > changed. I tune it next week and I need to remedy this, but I'm wondering, > what changed? Not being as proficient at grand regulation as I am in > vertical, can anyone steer me in the right direction? Looking through the > strings while I play, it looks like some of the hammers are not letting off. > (This certainly could create double strikes.) The piano was out of > regulation before the flood, but I don't know if that was happening before, > therefore I don't know if that's causing the problem this time. I don't have > the time (nor will they pay for) a complete regulation of the piano. I > could move the backchecks forward, but can anyone suggest a scenario that > would result in double striking of hammers from exposure to high humidity? I > mean, why would the backchecks move or change? > > Just fishing... > > Tom S > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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