[pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...

[Matthew Todd]

Hi Ron,
 
I was talking about if a string breaks in the tenor section or low treble section during a pitch raise where removal of the player system may be necessary in order to replace, or maybe even to remove string.
 
And if the customer really wants her piano to sound better than it does, even if it is 200+ cents flat, you wouldn't do it?


TODD PIANO WORKS 
Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
(979) 248-9578
http://www.toddpianoworks.com

--- On Sat, 5/15/10, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:


From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7:47 PM


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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