----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew & Rebeca Anderson" <anrebe@zianet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Complete Regulation for the Grand Piano > Thanks Joe, > . . . . . > When asked, I had my doubts that repair and regulation could be entirely > separated (especially in '68 Yamaha grand), but I was curious and the > responses (thank-you everyone) have been educational. > > Andrew On older pianos, they usually can't be separated, that is, you have to recondition the action parts first and maybe do some repairs before you can regulate. And often you have to do a quick rough-in regulation just to get things in the right neighborhood before you can fine regulate -- like a pitch raise. On a new piano fresh from the factory, once in a while you might be able to just turn regulating screws and add or subtract a few paper punchings here and there, bend a few wires or springs, etc. But even that is rare. Many of them require re-pinning of parts, alignment, hammer mating to strings, voicing, and other prep work that the factory should have finished but didn't. --David Nereson, RPT
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