Spinet shanks, key slips

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Mon Jan 22 04:21:57 MST 2007


At 10:01 AM 1/22/2007 +0100, you wrote:
>>From: PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com
>>
>>I wonder how many technicians do what I sometimes do when a spinet  hammer
>>shank is broken off at the butt. I take a long drill bit and drill out  the
>>butt, slowly and carefully, while it's still in the piano.
>
>An I wonder how often techs of this list come in the situation to 
>tune/service a spinet. Are they such common in the USA? In my tuner 
>life I encountered max. 8 to 10 of these pianos, seeing them as an 
>unlucky mutation of the piano evolution.
>
>Gregor
>
>__________


If you'd like experience working on this genre of piano, hop on over 
the pond.  There are many members of this list whom I am sure would 
be ready, willing and very able to provide instruments upon which you 
can hone your skills.  This is certainly the land of plenty in that regard.






Conrad Hoffsommer

There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them.
-Casey Stengel



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