Hi Ron, As a matter of fact, I did say to myself an "argh" of sorts--though it probably wasn't as polite as "argh." Ahem. I have the feeling that at the beginning, something wasn't right, so it was compensated for. Then that affected something else, so that had to be compensated for, etc., etc., ... A lot of work was done on this piano! :-) It's like that cartoon bit where the little bit of snow that turns into a huge snowball. Wish I had worked on some Knabes before this so I had something to compare it to. Thanks. br ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:31 PM Subject: Re: clues to grand hammer pitch > > >> Yes, but I'm wondering if the stack height has been tampered with. The >> bore >> length now is greater than what Ray told me it usually runs. I'm having >> a >> feeling that I'm going to go through a growth spurt on this one. Or, the >> owner may decide to just might have me work with what is there and get it >> to >> play the best it can. > > Here be dragons. If you can't reconcile what you find the last guy left > you to work with with what you think you can do with it to satisfy what > the customer wants, it's a black hole. Issue a genetic re-engineering > estimate - whatever you think it would take to build the action from > scratch, so you know it will work, and stand back. > > Sometimes it's best to just say AAAArrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhh! > Ron N >
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