Spinet Blues

[Farrell]

No, it had the independant attachments at each key end - the rubber nuts I think - or something intimidating like that!

Terry Farrell
  
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From: "Alan" <tune4u@earthlink.net>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:53 AM
Subject: RE: Spinet Blues


> Was that a Thayer action? I've never had to do it, but doesn't the whole
> thing lift out fairly easily (at least compared to wires)?
> 
> Alan R. Barnard
> Salem, MO
> 
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> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Farrell
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:40 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Spinet Blues
> 
> I did a 100-cent pitch raise and tuned a 1970-ish Kohler & Campbell
> spinet last Friday. The lady had complained that several keys did not
> work - a hammer-shank metal sleeve repair had failed and the broken
> hammer was tangled in several notes. "How much to fix Mr. Farrell?" So I
> thought, hmmmm, how much to replace one hammer shank? Take out - two
> minutes, drill out old shank stub in butt and replace shank (in shop) -
> 10 minutes, stop back within day or two (piano is only about 3 miles
> from me) while on my way somewhere else and pop it back in - 10 minutes,
> total - 22 minutes. "Oh, about $20 Ms. Painofapiano."
> 
> I guess it had been a long time since I tried to remove and replace a
> hammer butt on a spinet. I took me 45 minutes to replace the repaired
> butt and its neighbor (that I had removed for shank length, etc.).
> Access was next to zero. This piano had the wooden drop stickers that
> severely limited access. Even something a simple as reattaching the
> bridle straps was next to impossible.
> 
> I'm thinking that the next time someone asks me to repair something
> "down in there" on a spinet action, I'll simply quote them my hourly
> fee, plus a little for frustration, and tell them I'll move as quickly
> as I reasonably can.
> 
> What a pain! I wish that I had committed to doing something simple, like
> installing a soundboard for the $20.
> 
> Terry Farrell
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