This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment MessageWELL SOMEONE DOES READ CLOSELY. First letter from a saying my grand dad use to tell his sons, and my dad = to me. He was a stationary combine operator who ran a fleet of 7 = machines and all the wagons, crew and horses. My dad and I followed the tradition, but only had two combines, which = more than did the work of the 7 with only a crew of 4 and no horses. The saying cleaned up a little " If your going to be a combine man, you = got to be able to bulls///" This really goes for pianos to the extent that one needs to think = through things and come up with a understandable answer for clients = young and old, thinking on their level. IMH <G>O Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan=20 To: 'Pianotech'=20 Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 5:51 PM Subject: Summary & Mystery was Flat Facts Okay, here we go. I was having a little fun being annonymous; y'all mostly knew who I = was. And I really don't think the question is naive, either. I think = it's a darned good one. I've read the comments that have been thoughtfully posted, but I have = a very hard time believing that bridge grooves, string stretching, etc., = will take a piano 50 cents flat in 10 years--especially if it's an old = beater that has been crushing and stretching for 75 years. I agree with Sarah Fox; I think those pins are s-l-o-w-l-y turning; = unwinding, if you will.=20 It's the only explanation that, to me, could account for such huge = changes. If the strings were stretching, they'd be getting thin and I've = measured enough old strings to know that, except when abused, they don't = change that much. Soundboards could squash and split and be flatter over = the years BUT sooner or later all that stuff has to pretty well quit = changing or the bridge, for example, would be cut through into 89 little = segments (I know, some are close to that <G>). The screw stringer question was a good one. Old hands, whatayathink? As to Ron's comment on the Yamaha GH-1 low tenor: Install a DC with = undercover and it will--if it behaves at all like my experience with = this exact problem--produce a certifiable miracle. But, Ron, you didn't = quite get the stupid old saying correct. It should be: "There's no such = thing as a stupid question, just stupid people." And Joe Goss, your comment "YGTBACMYGTBATB" triggered the following = enthusiastic response from me, to whit, "Huh?" Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: 03/25/2005 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f2/53/02/cc/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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