---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I just tuned one of those whose number started=20 with a "O". No problem. So far. But it was living hell to tune! Avery At 07:34 AM 2/24/2006, you wrote: >=EF=BB=BF >Dave - You've got to learn to do a full 360=20 >attitude-adjustment on this subject! ;-) > >YCs are nothing to worry about, they are=20 >something to celebrate! When I get a call from a=20 >new customer to tune their YC grand the=20 >anticipation starts. When I find out that the=20 >serial number begins with a zero, I start=20 >panting softly. When I find hammers blocking I=20 >start salivating. And when the customer tells me=20 >that the last tech found the same problem=20 >previously and kept having to "adjust something=20 >in there" I, I, - no, get your mind out of the=20 >gutter - my eyes start rolling over and spinning=20 >like a slot machine with dollar signs! > >End result: replace brackets - they pay you and=20 >they seek reimbursement from YC - and do a full=20 >regulation - plus tuning, etc. - usually ends up=20 >well over a grand for a bunch of very fun work!=20 >No doubt about it, YC expanding brackets are an opportunity! > >I find that if you explain the situation=20 >thoroughly to the customer, and what the other=20 >tech was doing, and that most new pianos will=20 >need a regulation after a few years of break-in=20 >anyway, they are usually very appreciative that=20 >you have finally gotten to the bottom of the=20 >cause of the troubles they have been having with=20 >that darn piano for so many years. > >Terry Farrell >----- Original Message ----- > > >My worry here is that it was serviced by a tech=20 >who was unfamiliar with the problem and could=20 >possibly have regulated it occasionally as it went out of whack... > >My gut feeling, though, is that you are=20 >right. At first glance, they seem stable. > >Thanks, > >Dave Stahl > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fc/64/28/2f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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