Hello! As a first-time poster, new tuner, and total novice in the art and science of piano technology, I have been dutifully taking in all the wisdom, advice, and experience that the many regular contributors to this list have to offer. Thank you for all that I have learned and all that I will learn. This last weekend I tuned a full-size Geo. Steck upright, vintage 1910-15, if the piano tech who last worked on it is correct. (I did not make a note of the serial number, regrettably. From what the owner said, the piano tech who dated it based his/her age estimate on the fact that the bass strings are wound with what appears to be steel rather than copper.) In any case, many of the pins were very loose, and as I'm tuning it I'm seeing that the pinblock is riddled with cracks, which of course helps to explains the looseness. It took two hours to get it as good as I could, and not until I got home and was thinking about it did I realize -- duh! -- that I have never before seen a piano where the pinblock was exposed and not covered by the plate. How interesting! Does anyone know whether this is how the piano was actually designed? And if so, do you have any idea why? I would love to know more. Best regards, David G. Melis Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild 1512 West Thorndale Chicago, IL 60660 (773) 728-9762 ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
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