[pianotech] cracked/split birdseyes, etc

[Allen Wright]

Hi Joe,

Yes, well there are clever and effective ideas—and then there's just plain bad workmanship (sloppy and inconsistent technique, counter-productive results etc.) like in your Chickering example. 

Best regards,

Allen
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:35:01 -0800
> From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
> To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] cracked/split bird'seyes, etc
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> Allan W. said:
> "> On the other hand, that very fact of their working partly in isolation
> means that creative individual technicians come up with ways of doing
> things that nobody else had thought of; so it cuts both ways. Too
> authoritative (or standardized) a body of accepted techniques might stifle
> the creativity. In these days of the internet, we may have the best of both
> worlds. I agree completely that the sharing of our bright ideas is a good
> thing. But I've long been impressed in this work with how many equally good
> ways there can be of accomplishing a similar result.
> 
> Allen,
> Yes, you are correct, but too often than not, we see things like the
> following pictures. To explain what it is we are looking at: This is a
> Chickering Upright w/their own version of the loop/spring type hammer
> butt/brass rail thang. The correct brass plate has an added hole for the
> cord to be attached to. Instead, this "ingenius" tech installed regular
> brass plates and then made string loops and attaching them where ever he
> fancied was a good place to slop some glue around. And then, of course
> there is the major trauma to the springs themselves. Sigh. Some should not
> be left to their own devices.<G>
> Best,
> Joe
> 
> 
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
> http://gpianoworks.com/
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