You are luckier than me Ron. I always remove the upper action. Must be a short thing, as I find it too awkward to do, with it in place. I don't mean the smaller electric ones, the action tilts in them. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning... Matthew Todd wrote: > The smart thing to do would be to have the owner operate the player > before you remove it. And when you are finished, have her operate it > once more with you standing there. Verify that it works both before and after you tune, but in 30+ years, I've never had to remove a player to tune a piano. If I think it'll come up to pitch, it's at pitch and in reasonable tune when I leave. If I don't think it'll come up to pitch, I recommend they don't spend the money on the attempt. If it won't come to pitch, it's dead, and I don't care to milk the carcase. Ron N
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