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<DIV>Good points there, Richard, there are certainly a lot of =
idiosyncratic
design aspects in so many pianos - and many of them are shared. That =
Broadwood
desk removal is a beaut though isn't it? Then there's the old Bluthner =
desk with
the candle boards that suddenly slide forward with a crash as the desk =
is
removed - quite scary to the uninitiated! The Chappell concert grands of =
the
early 20th century share with Bechsteins the little touch sticker =
connected via
a centre pin in a rocking adjustable block attached to the keys - =
meaning
the upper action doesn't come away from the keyboard without every =
single key
being disconnected.... etc. etc.</DIV>
<DIV>Maybe there's room for a special posting for these idiosyncratic
gems!</DIV>
<DIV>Regards from a sunny sunset in The Village</DIV>
<DIV>Michael G.(UK)</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 21, 2005 =
6:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Moving from =
Uprights to
Grands</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Michael & List,</DIV>
<DIV>First of all, my apologies for sounding a bit 'priggish' over the =
muting
strip business. But it really is an issue here. As Michael =
points
out these things are discussed in the PTA conventions, and I =
imagine it
is a brave 'tested' member of PTA who admits to using temperament =
muting.</DIV>
<DIV>Another learning curve certainly involves first visiting grand =
pianos as
a novice tuner. Yet another situation of being thown in a the =
deep end
sometimes. I vividly remember my first experience, on my own, =
trying to
replace a S&S pedal lyre with the owner watching! Another =
situation
was being unable to remove the music desk from an older Broadwood =
grand
because I hadn't been told about the hidden little notch in the =
runners.
The tiny (sometimes almost invisible) screws holding the key fall =
into
its slots can be another pitfall for the novice too. I =
think that
all technicians' training programmes should have a module on =
all the
common piano makes with idiosyncratic design aspects.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ric</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>