I HIGHLY recommend having the piano in your own space if you are going to do this work. There are numerous advantages to having the piano during an installation. You will save yourself a lot of headache and you will enjoy the work more. Don't underbid it either! It really is a time consuming job: There will be regulating, possible repinning, hammer string mating, etc. In regards to your U-3...This might be a good time to try some aggressive voicing treatments like alcohol and water, steaming, etc. If you are really ready to replace the hammers you might as well experiment on them while you have the chance! Overdo it and then see if you can bring them back. Then replace them with Abel's like a previous poster suggested. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:12 AM, <KeyKat88 at aol.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > No pun intended but: It just "struck" me today that I never > installed hammers for a paying customer. > > I was called to evaluate the condition of a Steinway console, and > told the perspective buyer it's going to need new hammers in the next couple > years or so. ...The last time I installed hammers was 5 years ago in > tuning/tech school. > > I am thinking: wwwelllll....I have needled and needled my Yamaha U3 > and I *still* *remaining *is this ear piercing underlying tone... SO... > perhaps I should install *my own* set before I attempt for a paying > customer. I am just looking down the road at this job inevitably dead ahead. > > My post has a 2 fold purpose: 1. Sharing with new techs that this > inevitably will happen to *you* and 2. Asking for any thoughts of the > experienced. > > Thank you > Julia Gottshall > Reading, PA > > ------------------------------ > Need a job? Find employment help in your area<http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005> > . > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090307/6bb11666/attachment-0001.html>
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