I 'spec someone does ...

[Alan Barnard]

Good idea. I'll check that.



It seemed "normal" when I adjusted it but I wasn't thinking about that as a cause.



If it were, I suppose a teensy dollop of CA might cure it.





Alan Barnard

Salem, MO









Original message

From: "Paul McCloud" 

To: "pianotuner at embarqmail.com, "Pianotech List" 

Received: 9/25/2007 11:27:27 PM

Subject: RE: I 'spec someone does ...





Hi, Alan:

    You might see  how tight the balancier adjusting screw is.  Maybe it's too loose, causing the jack height to change?  Just a thought...

    Paul McCloud

    San Diego, CA

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Alan Barnard 

To: pianotech at ptg.org

Sent: 09/25/2007 8:32:56 PM 

Subject: I 'spec someone does ...





Tuned a Hyundai G-82 grand, today. First I'd ever seen or even heard of? (We live a sheltered life, here in the boondocks, i.e., the Ozarks.)

Pretty case, has potential I think, but regulation is horrible (see horror story below) and it badly needs voicing after that.

Meat of Message (pork, mostly):  Does anyone out there have a set of reg specs for this piano or know where I could reasonable get them?

Horror story, the worst note: F5 blocking against the strings "chingank" sort of sound. Found the lettoff button screwed to the top, no letoff at all. "Who would do this," I ask, "and why?" Tried to set a letoff, but the hammer failed to reset on every blow, i.e., dead note, no play. Hmmm ...

Further investigation finds the jack way too high, about 3 mm above the rep window. No wonder someone who couldn't/didn't diagnose the problem correctly messed with the letoff trying to get it to reset--I'm surprised he/she left the front rail punchings in place! Adjusted jack height and all is well—or at least the note plays, lets off, and resets. The only excuse I can give our mystery tuner is that who the heck would expect a key regulation item to be so far out of whack? And why would it? Given the piano's one-owner history, it almost had to come from the factory or dealer this way.

Alan Barnard

Salem, MO
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