Almost the opposite of your experience...Schimmel Upright/Studio. Damper lifting nearly when key is depressed...way too soon. I tuned it but remarked about the feel of the action. He had this piano for about 14 years. No one mentioned to him the obvious problem with the damper lift. The feel was you had to really get down into the keys to play it...clicking keys needed rebushing but we went with turning front pin for a temporary fix...he is just get the feel of me...I do some voicing with the tuning. A few weeks later he wants more voicing and is beginning to think the dampers ARE a problem. I come and regulate damper lift with the pedals and used my spoon bender to adjust damper lift with keys. I actually had the Journal article about this regulation with the action on a bench, but started with spoon and it proceeded well....some more voicing, a little more front pin turning. A week or so later he left a message that I was right and piano was like night and day. Key rebushing will happen in the near future. I agree with Wim, that is what can make your day... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 Original message From: wimblees at aol.com To: Pianotech at PTG.org Received: 4/2/2009 11:48:07 PM Subject: [pianotech] once in a while Last week I tuned a Schimmel grand for a nice older lady, living in a rather exclusive high rise condo in a golf course near the beach. I noticed the dampers were lifting when the hammers were almost hitting the strings, and the rep springs were not doing their job. So I recommended to her that I take care of this. She called me a couple of days later and set up and appointment, but asked for references, and "how certain are you that this will make the piano play better". I set her mind at ease that I had done this a number of times, but not here in Hawaii. Today I did the work, and before I left, she said that the action did play better. I also voiced a few hammers she had marked. I was concerned that she would call me to complain. She has a recital at her house next week, and said she was nervous. About two hours later she called me. I was fearing the worst. But, instead, she thanked me over and over, how much better the piano played. It's so nice to get those phone calls once in a while. Wim Lose weight like TV's Biggest Loser finalists. Start w/ a FREE Weight-Loss Plan! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090403/ba03bd3f/attachment-0001.html>
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