Self destructing piano

Dave Bunch pdtek@mchsi.com
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:48:30 -0600


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Well, in twenty years this is a new one for me.

Yesterday I did a 1/4 step pitch raise and tune on a Kimball "spinsole" =
that a couple had just moved here (Des Moines) from California. Nothing =
appeared out of the ordinary and everything went just fine. When I was =
done they loved how much better it sounded and considering the piano, I =
thought it came out better than expected.

Today I get a call from them that the piano sounded great yesterday, but =
when they played it this morning, it sounded so out of tune that they =
thought that they were playing the wrong keys. I thought she was =
exagerating until I had her play it over the phone. It is clear that =
something catastrophic occured during the night. Either a broken plate =
or bridge, I would say.

I'm going over in a few days to see whats going on. They seem like nice =
folks but I got to wondering if they are going to blame this on me. =
While bringing it up to pitch may have pushed something over the edge, =
everything I did was standard procedure. Has anyone been charged with =
piano slaughter? I'm trying to think of how to put the best spin on a =
bad situation.

Dave Bunch

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