Hi Ron, Happy Birth day late. I tuned a piano on the 10th a white baldwin baby grand. I've never seene a white baby grand outside of a piano show room. I was told it sounded great, so there's my present to you, a good tuning from a new piano tech. Have a great rest of the weekend. Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Boyd" <ronboyd_1 at juno.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 1:15 AM Subject: RE: piano actions > Hi Marshall. I retired a couple of years ago from working 35 years with > Wisconsin Electric and started a new profession in piano tuning. I turned > 62 > on March 10th. Don't fret, you still have 20 plus years to perfect your > skill. Hang in there. > > Ron Boyd from region 4 Milwaukee. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotune05 [mailto:pianotune05 at comcast.net] > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:12 AM > To: Pianotech List > Subject: Re: piano actions > > Conrad, > Sounds to me that there's quite a bit of physics, I think I spelld that > right, involved. Science was an ok subject in school, Math wasn't at all, > but although I struggle with the typo thing, writing and creative writing > served me well. I didn't realize how scientific the mechanics of the > piano > action was until I mentioned swapping actions. Piano work is getting more > and more exciting. I just hope I can get to where you guys are in careers > since I'm starting at 40 going on 41. > Marshall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:54 PM > Subject: Re: piano actions > > >> At 20:06 3/10/2006, you wrote: >>>Hi Conrad, >>>Sorry if that was a stupid question but I'm told, save you actions parts. >>>I >>>was curious if actions were interchangable. like a Safari engine and >>>Astro >>>engine. >>>Marshall >> >> >> End of a long week, sorry... >> >> Spark plugs, oil filter the same?? Maybe..., maybe not. "Universal" >> sparkplug wires..., perhaps. >> >> >> Some parts are, some aren't readily swapped or even adapted. Butts >> and flanges come in a variety of sizes and shapes, as do jacks, >> wippens, etc. It sounded like you were contemplating a complete >> transplant. THAT is very unlikely due to different scaling, action >> size, hammer spacing, #notes per section, method and location of >> pedal attachment points, etc., etc. and the aforementioned parts >> variety which is possible. >> >> Individual parts may work beautifully, like butts, but even those may >> have to be customised. You may have to do such things as swap >> flanges on wippens/butts/abstracts(if present). Hammer angle/size may >> be different even if everything below them fits. >> >> Can you say, "can of worms"?? Especially for the "enthusiastic" >> owner... This is why many electronics state, "No user servicable >> parts inside". >> >> Most parts will gather dust waiting for just the right piano to come >> along. Luck will play a large part. >> >> >> >> Conrad Hoffsommer >> You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be >> misquoted, then used against you. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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