So what's wrong with adjusting the spoons on maybe 5 neighboring keys, increasing the spring tension for those notes if necessary (or other highly necessary spec), and seeing what she thinks? Aside, of course, from her unwillingness to spend her loonies? Patrick On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an impecunious client who has a Kimball 5'8" from the Bosendorfer > years. > > The bass strings are, after all this time, starting to sing all by > themselves. > > The action is a Schwander type with spoons. The spoons are resting directly > on the backs of the keys--so when the action is removed the singing stops. > > The client is used to the damper timing being horribly wrong and "loves how > the keys follow her fingers" on release. > > My question is how to preserve this situation while adjusting the damper > timing enough for the singing to stop. > > My guess is that if I correct the timing to 1/2 through the stroke the > client will be mighty upset with me. > > Do I try to explain that it has most likely been "wrong" from day one? > > She is not a regular client of mine, so there will be no opportunity to > build a trusting relationship. > > She is retired and on an extremely limited budget. > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://www.donrose.ca/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-539-0716 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100109/93d49830/attachment.htm>
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