[pianotech] Happy Snappy Piano Tuning

[Terry Farrell]

Wow. What a day. Resurrected a re-whatevered old Hardman grand yesterday and made it playable (by an intermediate player).

Then came time to tune. OMG! Talk about snappy tuning pins. EVERY tuning pin in the tenor and low treble were at least as snappy as any tuning pin I have every encountered. I suspect that in preparation for painting the plate (and the strings, and the tuning pins, and the agraffes), perhaps they "prepped" the tuning pin area with turpentine or some similar solvent - perhaps they even flooded the pin area. They sure did something.....

Below is a picture of the beast - lovely, ain't it?:

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And here we are in action (link to short movie below)!!!!  I swear - EVERY tuning pin was as bad as this one - listen, watch & weep:

http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj318/PianoV/Snappy%20Pins/?action=view&current=IMG_0320.mp4

Terry Farrell