I’m not surprised the dealer said that. I too have heard that they can change the circle of sound into a square. It’s a little known fact. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of William Truitt Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 3:37 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] tuning pin tightness Hi David: I agree with you that the 15 watt damp chaser bar under the block is unlikely to destroy it, and would perhaps to some degree loosen the pins in a desirable fashion. How much and whether that would be enough is another question. My point was that such use would not necessarily be viewed favorably by a manufacturer. I recall a few years ago I had installed a d. c. unit in a Steinway in a church that had significant and tuning destabilizing issues due to excessive humidity and then dryness. It quieted the pitch movement down as expected. Some time later in an unrelated matter, the church music director had a conversation with the area Steinway dealer, who advised her to remove it because it would damage the piano, and told her that it was Steinway’s position that these units did more harm than good if improperly installed. Therefore, they advised against the use of them. I thought that was idiotic, but that seemed to be their official position. I agree with you on more radical (actually more sensible) solutions if not under warranty. Les will have a selling job to the manufacturer , to be sure. Still the effort should be made; nothing ventured, nothing gained. He needs to charge appropriately for his time ASAP, for sure. Or decline to work on the piano in the future. Will -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100131/bcd4f22d/attachment-0001.htm>
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