<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, the jack pinning. I have a customer who didn't want to bite the bullet and have me take care of all the tight bushings. After 3 years of fixing the notes that wouldn't repeat when I tuned the piano, I finally got them all fixed. Some times I just can't figure that kind of thinking. They think because they bought a new piano, there is no way it could need all that work. In the end, it cost her a lot more and she suffered with problems for 3 years.<div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:14 PM, J Patrick Draine wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Experience with a few of them, yes. Tight balance rail holes (needs reaming, easing won't do), tight flange bushings: seizing dampers levers, jacks, wippen flanges, etc. Probably plating coming off the center pins causing it, but I'm not sure about that. A bit of inconsistent tuning pin torque, but they generally sound pretty good (quite bright).<div>
Considerably more "extra work" than the naive new owner is ready to hear about.</div><div>Patrick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 4:29 PM, CHARLES BECKER <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbeckercpt@verizon.net">cbeckercpt@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Do any of you have any experience with new Hardman
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">thanks in advance</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">chuck becker</font></div></div>
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