Estonia 6'3" grand

[Kazuo Yoshizaki]

I have a customer with a gorgeous Estonia. Her piano had a noise from
the capo section at first, but it was resolved after I needled the
hammer shoulder (about 11am and 1pm position). I cannot think of
"slider" other than tone slider for tuning the duplex.

Yoshi

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Bob Hull <hullfam5 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a customer with an Estonia of this size that I
>  tune regularly. Nothing unusual other than it is the
>  worst sounding fairly new piano I have ever
>  encountered.
>
>  Terrible noise in the capo section.  Awful sustain.
>  wonder if the string couplers would help reduce the
>  noise without sucking sound.  I currently have woven
>  action cloth near the capo to cut down the noise but
>  it makes a dent in the power of the piano.
>
>  The only sliding I would like to see is this one off a
>  cliff.
>
>  Bob Hull
>
>
>
>  --- Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>  > The only Estonias I've done looked like pianos to
>  > me, had pins which turned,
>  > and the pianos tuned rather nicely.  I haven't a
>  > clue what a "slider" might
>  > be.
>  > les bartlett
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
>  > [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
>  > Of Don
>  > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:16 PM
>  > To: Pianotech List
>  > Subject: Estonia 6'3" grand
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > Is there anything unusual about the tuning "system"
>  > on the Estonia pianos?
>  > The client has suggested there is some sort of
>  > "slider" needed?
>  > Regards,
>  > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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