Marshall, it's been posted here several times. Simply send a blank email to: pianotech+subscribe at googlegroups.com That's all there is to it. You need to do that by the end of this month. On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>wrote: > HI who ever is left on this list. :-) I'm still not sure how the google > one works. I sent this blank e-mail to an e-mail address someone here gave > me, but I'm not getting any posts from that google list. Am I missing > something? > > Also, today I encoutered a roughly 50yr old Story & Clark console. This > groupon customer purchased it at a thrift store. Now normally I'll just > pull the pitch sharp to a point and let it fall into place, but today I was > concerned since it was so far out. So I thought I'd bring it up gradually. > I've heard that this can work as well, and I've done it in the past. > However I had to tune the treble three times the bass at least three and > the temparement twice and unisons a couple of times and it started drifting > again. It stayed for the most part but I'm curious as to what the problem > might be because I've heard that you can bring up a p iano up gradually > although it can cause it to be more unstable according to my instructors at > the school. Even though I learned how to do it by bringing it up in one > pass and then fine tuning it. I'm thinking it might just need more tuning > and time to gain stability since I know it was over 30 years since it was > tuned according to the date the customer and I found in the piano 1975 or > 78. Also, there is this greasy substance on all the tuning pins, and the > pin torque doesn't feel tight but not so loose either, but can that grease > be affecting the pins thus causing the instability? I didn't see any cracks > on the bridges pin block and back seem OK. I do recall the pins in the bass > feeking mushy. homm how can I explain this? They pull up and hold but don't > hesitate to fall if I tap the handle of the lever. It's like their tight > but feel spongey in places down there. the grease is all over th epins. my > fingers were black when I finished. I hope I didn't make a mess in their > powderroom sink when I washed my hands lol . So what are your thoughts? > Marshall > > > > > > > > *Marshall Gisondi* > *MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE* > *215-510-9400* > *http://www.phillytuner.com * > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130312/381d3e93/attachment.htm>
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