Thanks, Robin. Maybe I won't have to get out my flamesuit after all! :-D Avery At 12:45 PM 9/21/2006, you wrote: >Avery, > >Ditto. I worked for a couple of years for a very well known and >large east coast piano retail chain and saw them have to "eat" >several brand new grands of various makes simply because there was a >gross tech problem up front with the piano. In one or two cases, >that retail company stopped carrying certain brands because of that >very thing. A piano IS or IS NOT of an acceptable level of quality >and consistency coming out of the factory. If not, then it is the >manufacturer's problem. This particular problem sounds like a very >severe one. Work-arounds at this level of issue and at this stage of >the piano's life are just not a smart way to proceed. > >IMTCWOHM (In my two cents' worth of humble opinion) > >Robin Blankenship >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:avery1 at houston.rr.com>Avery >To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>Pianotech List >Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 1:15 PM >Subject: RE: this property is condemned...what would you have done? > >William, > >As far as I'm concerned, that isn't the point! The point is that a 3 >month old piano has loose tuning pins. Whatever the reason! And in >that case, the manufacturer should replace it! I'm personally not >going to "cover anyones ass" here! It's their fault and they should >have to deal with it/accept the loss/whatever! Just my opinion! > >Avery > >At 10:16 AM 9/21/2006, you wrote: >>Having worked in that position, any piano you can save will save >>you a store contract and a supplier pat on the back. No one makes >>money if the piano has to go back. >> >>William >> >> >> >> >>PIANO BOUTIQUE >>William Benjamin >>Piano Tuner Extraordinaire >><http://www.pianoboutique.biz>www.pianoboutique.biz >>The tuner alone, >>preserves the tone. >> >> >>---------- >>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [ mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] >>On Behalf Of Dean May >>Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:11 AM >>To: 'Pianotech List' >>Subject: RE: this property is condemned...what would you have done? >> >>I doubt there are structural problems. Probably the drill bit got >>dull on the bottom row and made the holes a little larger. It can >>probably be fixed just fine with oversize pins on the ones that are loose. >> >>Pianos with extremely hard pin blocks have very little tolerance >>for variation in hole size or variation in pin size. If the hole >>gets a little large or the pin a little small on the tolerance side >>the pin will be loose. It does not mean there is a structural >>problem. Given the modern piano designer's propensity to use too >>many laminations it is extremely unlikely that there is a >>structural problem in the pin block. >> >>Talk to the tech support person of the manufacturer. They will >>probably have an established protocol. The trick will be in what >>you have already communicated to the customer. If you have already >>prepped the customer to expect nothing less than a new piano, then >>that is probably the only thing that will satisfy them. On the >>other hand if you communicate that the mfr will solve the problem >>you will probably have netted yourself an easy re-pin job. >> >>Dean >> >> >>---------- >>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [ mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] >>On Behalf Of piannaman at aol.com >>Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:36 PM >>To: pianotech at ptg.org >>Subject: this property is condemned...what would you have done? >> >> Just got home from a client's home. She just purchased a piano >> around 3 months ago, and I was contracted by the store to do a >> warranty tuning. While raising the pitch, I noticed a couple of >> loose tuning pins...then another, another, another, etc. All >> along the bottom row of pins. >> >>I called the owner of the store--a good friend of mine, btw--and >>told him that the piano should be returned to the factory in >>exchange for a sound instrument, as it is structurally unsound, and >>that any repair done to it would be unsuitable to undertake in the >>customer's home. >> >>What thinketh y'all? >> >> >> >>---------- >><http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fnewaol>Check >>out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security >>tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across >>the web, free AOL Mail and more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060921/b02b0bcb/attachment.html
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