<HTML><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">In what regard?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=limhseng@gmail.com href="mailto:limhseng@gmail.com">lim hock seng</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>;<A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 5/5/2012 10:39:06 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Weird Stuff in my week</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <P>Joe,<BR>How much time did you spend on the Pleyel Woff? :)<BR>Lim<BR>On May 6, 2012 1:00 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <<A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Thought I'd enlighten.<G> Ran into a P.C. Weaver, upright. Pretty normal<BR>> throughout ...except the bass tuning pin pattern/configuration.<BR>> It had a 3 tuning pins pattern, instead of the normal 2 or 4. Really<BR>> harkened me back to my beginners mode, since I had to trace all of the<BR>> strings to make sure I was on the right pin!<G> After a fashion, I figured<BR>> out the "system", but even then it was a mind bender. The "system" was,<BR>> (going down in the bass w/mute strip in), bottom pin for first note; bottom<BR>> pin for second note; middle pin for third note; middle pin for fourth note;<BR>> top pin for fifth note; top pin for sixth note....then, do it all over<BR>> again.<G><BR>> Today, a Pleyel Wolff, Upright, Flat Strung, Overdamper. Main problem:<BR>> expanding leads and moth eaten keyframe felt. Yanked all of the olde felt<BR>> out and did the pin clean/polish. Then replaced with "replica felt". The<BR>> interesting thing was: both the Sharps and Naturals, balance rail pins had<BR>> a route in the front half, so that the felt punching acted like the<BR>> "clipped" punchings that we have discussed at length. BTW, this piano was<BR>> made around 1887. The fact that it was flat strung, with a French style<BR>> Overdamper Action, that had a real Unichorda and the balance pin thang, was<BR>> interesting to be sure.<BR>> So went my week....weird, weirder, and Whoa!<G><BR>> Regards,<BR>><BR>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>> Captain of the Tool Police<BR>> Squares R I<BR>><BR></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>