What you need to do is order a bottle of "Garfields Pinblock Destroyer" or "Pin-Loose" .... The Phantom Haranger Salem, MO -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 6:47 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Tuning Walk Out No, the lady said that the work was done locally (Tampa Bay area). Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Tuning Walk Out > Hi Terry, > The old tuner, who got me started, used to replace loose pins with #5's. He > used to say that $#%@ won't come loose again. > Sometimes it did, as he had split the block. I used to run into the results > of his work periodically. > It is hard to imagine a complete block this way. Is there a chance the work > had been done in the middle of winter, up north, and then gone to the humid > south? > Regards, > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 5:52 PM > Subject: Tuning Walk Out > > > > A first for me yesterday. > > > > I went to service an old Knabe upright (rewhatevered a few years ago). > Lady said it needed tuning and a note fixed. Piano was 50 cents flat. I > started raising pitch, and after turning six tuning pins I went outside to > get my torque wrench. I tested the six that I had already moved and about a > half-dozen more and all but one were WAY over 200 inch-pounds torque. I > would guess most were between 250 and 300 inch-pounds. My torque wrench > looked like it was ready to become a pretzel without even moving most of > them. As I had injured (pulled something in my neck) myself a month ago on a > new Boston studio followed by a nasty 1098, I was not ready to miss another > couple weeks of work to finish this one tuning. I told the lady that I would > not tune her piano and why. She was quite understanding. > > > > I would sure like to know what Bozo put those new tuning pins into that > piano. S/he obviously does not attend PTG conventions and/or participate on > this wonderful list! > > > > My arm was a bit sore this morning. I am very glad I did what I did. At > the time I was really wondering if I was just being a wimp - but clearly, > such was not the case. > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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