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<DIV>Not long ago I got a call from a inexperienced tuner who couldn't
figure out how to remove the action from a piano. She had been called
into to fix some sticking dampers that the tech before her had screwed
up(according to the owner). I went to the grand piano, which had just been
moved (big clue that didn't register right away) and for the life of me
also couldn't figure out how to pull the action. The screws that should
have been under the cheekblocks were nowhere to be seen. No screws from
the side through the cheekblocks or down from the back of the cheekblocks...what
gives? After quite a bit (longer than it should have taken...newer tuner
looking on as the experienced tech [me] showed my stuff syndrome) of futzing
(spelling?), I noticed that the legs had a notch on the back side towards
the nose...Aha! I lifted the piano and put books on the bench to
lift the business end of the piano up and turned the legs around and darn! the
legs fit but stuck out from the case a bit...hmmmm...switched the bass and
treble legs around and voila! Those darn movers....;-] All of
this with the owner hovering around us, convinced that you couldn't find a good
piano tuner anymore...holding her breath when I set the piano on the
books/bench...that was a bit nervy I admit and could very well have been a
disaster...hey, I took the bull by the horns, so to speak. Anyhoo, I
pulled the action and manipulated the sost. rod, which was catching
some damper levers...(beforehand I asked the tuner what she thought the
problem with the dampers was? She didn't have a clue...the back of
the keys were too close or something like that...she learned some good lessons
that day! By the way I'm not being sexist here...she was a female!
To end the story the customer wanted to send me the $ for my work when she had
received some $ from the previous technician. I don't think so lady!
Lots the gratitude I get for saving the day. She did grudgingly give me a
check. </DIV>
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<DIV>David I.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On
2/25/01 at 6:04 AM Farrell wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>That's funny Lance. I recently tuned a Yamaha G-2 grand that was in
excellent condition (close to new). The woman had just bought it for $2000 (It
was easily worth $5000 to $6000) because the action was really screwed up. The
former owner's tech reportedly told the former owner that the keybed must have
warped because the action would not come out, and was lifted up in the bass
end.</DIV>
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<DIV>You guessed it! The back leg bolts were switched with the bass side front
leg bolts (the mover was careful to put the bolts into the same holes!).
Switch bolts and POOF! Great little piano working just fine.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=lancelafargue@bellsouth.net
href="mailto:lancelafargue@bellsouth.net">Lance Lafargue</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 24, 2001 9:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Samick leg bolts</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=010380802-25022001>A
note of Caution: Those bolts are different lengths and if not put in correct
location, the action is rendered "shiftless" (bolts come up through keybed
and actually can lift action into the air). A dealer near here has
delivery guys that have never gotten it right. %~) So check the
shift after you tighten them. The dealer should have a ton of them
since they <EM>used </EM>to be delivered with the tools.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=010380802-25022001>
<P><FONT size=2>Lance Lafargue, RPT<BR>Mandeville, LA<BR>New Orleans
Chapter, PTG<BR>lancelafargue@bellsouth.net</FONT> </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-pianotech@ptg.org
[mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Wimblees@AOL.COM<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 24, 2001 5:53
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Samick leg
bolts<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a
message dated 2/23/01 10:40:30 PM Central Standard Time,
<BR>jonpage@mediaone.net writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">I went to move a Samick the other day and the leg bolts were
hex cap head. <BR><BR>Fortunately the movers who set it up put them on
finger tight so getting <BR>them <BR>off was no problem. To secure the
legs, I snugged them up with a pair of <BR>pliers <BR>since I didn't
have a hex key that large. <BR><BR>Does anyone know the size of the hex
key so I can have one on hand in the <BR>event of another Samick
encounter?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Stop by any Samick, Wurlitzer or Hyundai
dealer, and ask for one. Each piano <BR>comes with one in the moving
crate. <BR><BR>Willem </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2
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