Self destructing piano

[Greg Newell]

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Dave,
         I've had pianos like this in the past. One in particular comes to 
mind that was parked in front of a window with afternoon exposure. It got 
cooked in the afternoon and sounded awful but by morning it was fine again. 
Took me a few visits to figure it out. The last visit was .... you guessed 
it .... in the afternoon.

Greg






At 09:48 PM 1/28/2003, you wrote:

>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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Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net 

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