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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve tuned one Hyundai here in the <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State> version of the
boondocks. It’s in a local church, is not particularly old, and the
pinblock is so loose it’s almost untuneable. We’ve been discussing
a Dampp-Chaser system before we move to something more drastic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alan Barnard<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 25, 2007
10:31 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> I 'spec someone does ...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pretty
case, has potential I think, but regulation is horrible (see horror story
below) and it badly needs voicing after that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meat of
Message (pork, mostly): <em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Does anyone
out there have a set of reg specs for this piano or know where I could
reasonable get them?</font></i></em><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 ...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alan
Barnard<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Salem</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MO</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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