<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16609" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piano57@comcast.net href="mailto:piano57@comcast.net">Barbara Richmond</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:03 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Grand Cleaning</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is likely to be a change/improvement in voicing--improvement being subjective and one had better explain the possible results tonally/voicing wise.  Reshaping would make the hammers look cleaner, though.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shaping the hammers and tightening the screws of an Acrosonic spinet made such a difference the owner thought I had tuned it--before I had.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, IL</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>waiting for my luggage to arrive from Tampa, Florida  :(</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Hey, Terry, just back from fishing with my son on the North Skyway Pier.)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com href="mailto:AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com">AlliedPianoCraft</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Grand Cleaning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><EM>assuming one is not shaping any significant depth below the grooves, you really are not changing (or making any worse) the existing regulation......</EM> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>True Terry, but then, that's a lot of work for no gain, don't you think?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Al Guecia</DIV></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Grand Cleaning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'll certainly agree with you Al that if a hammer needs filing/shaping, it very likely needs regulating. However, assuming one is not shaping any significant depth below the grooves, you really are not changing (or making any worse) the existing regulation......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Just a question from someone who has never shaped hammers without doing a regulating.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>What about let off and drop once you've changed the hammer shape and height and then everything else that goes along once you've changed that?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I do a cleaning and just a cleaning. If you want your hammers shaped, them you also need a regulating. Call me crazy, but it's just my way of doing things.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>