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<DIV><SPAN class=510175409-08052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Nicely
said Don,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510175409-08052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Sur we
may learn, particularly with time when we begin to have some 'quality' =
in our
job (all being relative) , not to rant systematically about the =
precedent
tech.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510175409-08052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I may
say that I see very few grand pianos well regulated, and most of them =
are not
bedded fine, so the other regulations are useless of =
course.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510175409-08052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>But if
the job have been done right even a long time ago, it will show that it =
was
there generally.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510175409-08052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Regards.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510175409-08052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Isaac
OLEG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> =
owner-pianotech@ptg.org
[mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>De la part de</B> Donald
Mannino<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> mercredi 8 mai 2002 =
07:15<BR><B>À :</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> Re: 1969 Steinway L
CBS?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3>Tommy,<BR><BR>If I may offer a =
little
advice, from lessons learned over time . .<BR><BR>Try not to be too =
critical
of what you see in a piano. A 30 year old piano has gone through =
many,
many changes, and it really isn't possible to place blame =
anywhere.
Keyframes really do move around, regulation get's screwed up, and what =
you saw
is perfectly possible just from age and neglect. If the climate =
caused
the keyframe to bow up at the center, the blow would be reduced and =
the action
would feel awful!<BR><BR>At one point some time ago I was looking at a =
piano
and started saying how bad the tuning was, and how that last =
technician should
have tightened the plate screws and seated the strings. The I =
discovered
my card inside . . . .<BR><BR>:-)<BR><BR>Don Mannino
RPT<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>