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<DIV>On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:24:19 EDT <A
href="mailto:JIMRPT@aol.com">JIMRPT@aol.com</A> writes:<BR>> <BR>>&=
nbsp;
In my opinon a good preep job on any piano that is new to me <BR>> =
includes
<BR>> addressing the coils, if not the beckets. Determining right up =
front
<BR>> that any <BR>> "unstability" of tuning is not gonna be due to =
loose
coils is doing <BR>> yourself and the <BR>> customer a service. =
Running
through a set of coils takes maybe 5 <BR>> minutes and <BR>> is well =
worth
the time...if you haven't lifted/tapped coils on a new <BR>> <BR>>
instrument or one that is just 'new' to you than perhaps you should <BR>>=
;
give it a <BR>> try...............remember..............<BR>> "=
Only
you can prevent forest fires" :-)<BR>> Jim Bryant (FL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Jim -<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Just to be clear, I am in no way condoning a sloppy stringing job.&=
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And in a brand new instrument that exhibited that kind of workmanship I =
would
attempt to get the dealer/manufacturer to cover that kind of fix. But=
I
have seen too many instruments that have slipped thru the gate with their
unsightly coils ignored, and years down the road I just don't find them to=
exhibit behavior any different than any other piano in Ohio. A good
example, perhaps, is the countless times over the years that I have run =
into a
piano that had a string or two replaced by a cowboy in a hurry, with the =
ugliest
1 3/4 coil you ever saw in your life, staying in tune just as well as the
strings around it. Again, I hate to see that kind of work, and would =
never
dream of installing a string like that, but it doesn't change the fact that=
I
just don't see any correlation between funky coils and perfect ones in =
terms of
<STRONG><EM>tuning stability</EM></STRONG>. Not yet. </DIV>
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<DIV>And as Ron points out, who pays for the necessary pitch raise after =
this
'fix', and does the customer actually benefit?</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Potter</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com">bases-loaded@juno.com</A></=
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