<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=386515114-28032005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" = color=#0000ff size=2>CA glue.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of = </B>Terry<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Jumpy Tuning = Pins<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tuned a 1920s-type Hardman small = grand today. Who knows what has been done to the pinblock on this POS, but every = single tuning pin up to the mid-treble are horribly jumpy - I mean the finest = increment to change pitch is ten to 20 cents - most moves are more = like 30 to 50 cents. It is virtually untunable. I left most = unisons beating maybe an average a good 1 bps. I've never encountered a = piano like this. Is there any easy thing to do to make it smoother - even = moderately tunable? The piano is a bit of a heap and is not worth dumping much = money into.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And yes, we talked about = replacement.   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>