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<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Not =
just
grands!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I =
walked in to
tune a piano I hadn't seen before, in the day room of a community =
seniors'
center. The room was crowded with people waiting for lunch to be served. =
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I =
set down my
tools, grabbed hold of the lid, and threw it on the floor behind the
piano.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Not =
one of my
shining moments.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Made a quick trip
to the hardware store to find brass hinges as the originals were gone,
altogether. I found the hinges, but my dignity is still
AWOL.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Alan
Barnard</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=467373203-20042003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Salem,
MO</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Carman
Gentile<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 19, 2003 9:36 PM<BR><B>To:</B> =
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> grand hinge pins
<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>What an important lesson... to check the hinge =
pins even
if the lid is _up_.<BR><BR> Yes, if I have anything to =
contribute to
this list , it is to echo this imperative: <U>ALWAYS check =
the
hinge pins on a grand</U>.<BR> There is a grand in a local hotel =
with a
PianoDisc which I tune regularly. The bass end is against the
wall. The last time I tuned it, I (once again) craned my neck to =
check
the hinge pins. Yes, I was wondering: "why am I doing this... am =
I
compulsive or what?"<BR><BR> Surprise! One of the pins was =
missing. How did it happen? No one at the hotel =
knows.
Happened to have one in my kit that actually fit.<BR><BR>Carman =
Gentile RPT
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