<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Been  reading this one back an forth, and gotta in general aggree with Kevin and the rest. Its not so much that I dont understand the sentiment David  expresses... its just that I have been through exactly this kind of mill a couple times. Without express approval to make a repair I hesitate greatly to to much of anything beyond absolutly neccessary things. Too easy to get burned. <p>RicB <p>"Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I agree wholeheartedly, David. I wouldn't pound the pin, either. I would just let the piano go back the way that it was delivered, provided that the note probably was not of consequence anyway. If there were a tuning pin in the center of the piano which wouldn't hold, that's another matter, and would depend on how much my back were pushed up against the wall. I'd make sure to have the responsibility rest with someone else for my attempted repair. If I were the technician sent out from the company which rented the piano for this venue, then I'd have carte blanche, because I could do whatever was necessary on the piano, and then fix it later. They couldn't sue me, their employee, they'd be suing themselves. I don't think it's such a big thing, and I admire the fact that you are so dedicated, I am too, as a matter of fact. You have to be aware that we live in a very litigious society, nowadays. Blame it on the lawyers.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Kevin E. Ramsey</font></font> <blockquote dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net" title="davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 02, 2003 5:41 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: to repair or not to repair</div>  <font face="MS Sans Serif"><font size=-1>If somebody hires me to prepare a piano for a concert, then I do what is necessary to prepare the piano for the concert.  A few drops of CA glue to hold a loose tuning pin will not adversely effect the piano in any way, will not make it worse than it was.  Pounding the pin down runs a small risk of breaking the string.  This is not like saturating the hammers with lacquer because you didn't think the piano was bright enough.  It's a perfectly acceptable way to secure a loose tuning pin.  I agree with you about making unrequested or unnecessary wholesale changes, but I don't consider this to be one.</font></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif"><font size=-1>David Love</font></font><font face="MS Sans Serif"><font size=-1><a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</a></font></font> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>-- <br>Richard Brekne <br>RPT, N.P.T.F. <br>UiB, Bergen, Norway <br><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <br><A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <br>  </body> </html>