[pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...

[John Ross]

Can't get a much bigger catastrophe than that, and still be upright.
Glad everything worked out well.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marcel Carey 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 5:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...


  Well this has nothing to do with the piano I was working on, but I did have a heart attack on thursday while installing a dolly under a grand.
  I got to the hospital in time for angioplasty and I'm back home on my 2 feet. I was told I was lucky that my heart didn't suffer too much damage, but it shure was catastrophic for me.



  Marcel


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  Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 12:49:36 -0700
  From: toddpianoworks at att.net
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...

        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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