dangerous pianos

[Greg Newell]

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Terry,
         An over reaction to be sure. I've encountered a case like the one=
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previously described and while I was somewhat amazed that someone would=20
remove plate screws without letting down tension I was certainly not=20
frightened. Once reinstalled, the piano came back into tune in only a one=20
pass tuning too! The plate does carry the vast majority of tension after=20
all. Ever see the Astin-Weight website?

Greg



At 07:57 AM 6/20/2003, you wrote:

>I'm not at all one to be frightened when working with plates, but if I had=
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>walked into that home and saw that, I would have RUN quickly while telling=
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>the dude to call me after HE re-installed the screws!!! Wowee Zowee! What=
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>some folks will do.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:51 AM
>Subject: Re: dangerous pianos
>
>
>     A technician friend of mine showed up to tune a grand and noticed all=
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> the plate screws were missing.  He asked the owner about it, who said,=20
> "Oh, I took them out to have them re-plated."  Needless to say, he didn't=
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> raise pitch or tune, but just waited til the screws were returned, then=20
> reinstalled them.  Nothing bad happened, (not to say it never could).
>     --David Nereson, RPT
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Greg Newell
Greg's piano Fort=E9
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