<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD><TITLE>I 'spec someone does ...</TITLE> <STYLE>  </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>Hi, Alan:</DIV> <DIV>    You might see  how tight the balancier adjusting screw is.  Maybe it's too loose, causing the jack height to change?  Just a thought...</DIV> <DIV>    Paul McCloud</DIV> <DIV>    San Diego, CA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotuner@embarqmail.com href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">Alan Barnard</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> 09/25/2007 8:32:56 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> I 'spec someone does ...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <P>Tuned a Hyundai G-82 grand, today. First I'd ever seen or even heard of? (We live a sheltered life, here in the boondocks, i.e., the Ozarks.)</P> <P></P> <P>Pretty case, has potential I think, but regulation is horrible (see horror story below) and it badly needs voicing after that.</P> <P></P> <P></P> <P>Meat of Message (pork, mostly):  <EM>Does anyone out there have a set of reg specs for this piano or know where I could reasonable get them?</EM></P> <P><EM></EM></P> <P></P> <P>Horror story, the worst note: F5 blocking against the strings "chingank" sort of sound. Found the lettoff button screwed to the top, no letoff at all. "Who would do this," I ask, "and why?" Tried to set a letoff, but the hammer failed to reset on every blow, i.e., dead note, no play. Hmmm ...</P> <P></P> <P></P> <P>Further investigation finds the jack way too high, about 3 mm above the rep window. No wonder someone who couldn't/didn't diagnose the problem correctly messed with the letoff trying to get it to reset--I'm surprised he/she left the front rail punchings in place! Adjusted jack height and all is well—or at least the note plays, lets off, and resets. The only excuse I can give our mystery tuner is that who the heck would expect a key regulation item to be so far out of whack? And why would it? Given the piano's one-owner history, it almost had to come from the factory or dealer this way.</P> <P></P> <P></P> <P>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO</P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>