Working on that. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:41 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote: > Renegotiate. Explain that the condition could not have been foreseen > before teardown and that the board needs to be replaced. Tell them that you > can do the work as per the original agreement but you wouldn’t recommend it > as the outcome may not be that good. I assume the price and work did not > include soundboard replacement. If a mechanic agrees to replace the > headgasket at a certain price, he doesn’t eat the additional cost if it > turns out that the piston rings are also shot. > > > > David Love > > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On > Behalf Of *Noah Frere > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2009 8:32 PM > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Reversing Crown > > > > i wish i had known about this possibility BEFORE the price and work to be > performed was agreed upon...grumble... > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com> > wrote: > > Yes. > > > > It had negative string bearing and the strings were actually holding the > “crown” in the board. It (the board) was, needless to say, toast. > > > > ddf > > > > Delwin D Fandrich > > Piano Design & Fabrication > > 620 South Tower Avenue > > Centralia, Washington 98531 USA > > fandrich at pianobuilders.com > > Phone 360.736.7563 > > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On > Behalf Of *Noah Frere > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2009 6:34 PM > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* [pianotech] Reversing Crown > > > > Has anyone found a positive crown on a grand soundboard, then removed the > strings and the crown reversed? > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091224/144ec7ed/attachment.htm>
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