White pants? Not after Labor Day, I hope! On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> wrote: > I'm still filtering through several hundred emails that I received since I > was gone. I'm sure more has been said on this topic but before I read any > further, I like to say that agree with David. > > How many times haven't we yanked out a grand action for one reason or > another only to hear that horrible sound as if sand paper were grinding on > the key frame and key bed as we pull it out? You can bet that I clean that > crap out of there before I set that thing on my lap making my white pants > black. > > Jer > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf > Of David Ilvedson > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:17 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Premium service > > > From an instrument performance standpoint, yes it is. The > >piano doesn't seem to care how dust phobic the tech is. They > >work pretty much the same with or without the dust. > > Stuff in pianos isn't just dust, so you can quit with the dust. It is a > build up of misc. things that ends up with a sticking key or whatever which > does impact the performance of that piano. Cleaning every service will > remove the paper clips, etc...no, it won't protect against the pencil > dropped between service. > "its the customers call"...I can guarantee your customer will want it > cleaned if you bring it up...I don't think you bring it up. So it really > is your call... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> > To: Pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 3/10/2010 11:52:52 AM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Premium service > > > >David Ilvedson wrote: > >> Ok, Ron...do you like to tune/work on dirty pianos? > > >I tune with tools, so I'm not in either soundboard or plate > >dust doing that. And again, it's not my call. It's the > >customer's. > > > >> If you pull an action do you vacuum before you work on it. > > >Sometimes, sometimes not. It depends on what I'm doing. > > > >>Is that cosmetic? > > > From an instrument performance standpoint, yes it is. The > >piano doesn't seem to care how dust phobic the tech is. They > >work pretty much the same with or without the dust. > > >Ron N > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100314/19d76ca7/attachment-0001.htm>
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