[pianotech] Happy Snappy Piano Tuning

[Dean May]

Wow! Gold plated tuning pins. Must be ultra high end.

Dean
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PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY        
Terre Haute IN 47802

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Terry Farrell
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:15 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Happy Snappy Piano Tuning

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?: