[pianotech] spinet repetition problems

[Gary]

On 1/6/2012 10:02 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
>
> Servicing spinet actions in situ requires someone who is small and 
> made out of rubber. I've been neither for a really long time, so I 
> usually have to pull the action to shrink centers, lube it, or make 
> repairs. With the action out, I end up doing a more thorough job 
> because I can reach everything easily, so I think that's most often 
> the way to go anyway. What I like least is doing a repair with the 
> action in place, taking way longer than it should have because I 
> couldn't both reach and see what I was doing at the same time, 
> standing up and getting my joints almost working again, and finding 
> another similar problem or two a few notes over. Grrrrr, creak, pop!
>
> Ron N
I've usually found it easier to just pull the action; in my experience 
the time comes out about the same without the frustration of trying to 
make repairs with the action in the piano.