<DIV>I have serviced one Wegman regularly for over 20 years now, and it is not a stretch to say that it is by far the easiest piano to tune in my database. Additionally, I restrung the bass on it 2 years ago and it was the easiest restringing job I have ever done....just put a couple windings on the pin, place in hole, add tension. Voila! De-stringing was especially fast and easy. A marvelous design, at least in my limited experience with them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Potter <BR><BR><B><I>JWyatt1492@aol.com</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>Hello John,</DIV>
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<DIV> The descriptions you have gotten are fairly accurate.</DIV>
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<DIV> The pin hole in the plate is vertically oblong.</DIV>
<DIV>Wegman used the principle of friction between</DIV>
<DIV>medals of difference hardness will hold very well.</DIV>
<DIV> Conover used the same principle in his "Sleeve</DIV>
<DIV>Inserts."</DIV>
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<DIV> I have tuned Wegmans twenty or more times.</DIV>
<DIV> About half of these were the same piano. I found </DIV>
<DIV>them not only to be a joy to tune but also very </DIV>
<DIV>reliable and consistent. </DIV>
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<DIV> Please take note that I was trained to tune vertical</DIV>
<DIV>pianos with my left hand on the hammer. Therefore the</DIV>
<DIV>hammer was tilted at about 10:00 or 11:00 o'clock or to </DIV>
<DIV>the left.</DIV>
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<DIV> I think what killed this system was right handed tuners</DIV>
<DIV>who insisted on tuning this piano with hammer at about </DIV>
<DIV>2:00. With the hammer tilted to the right pulling DOWN </DIV>
<DIV>on the pin therefore increasing the friction. The combination </DIV>
<DIV>of the hammer and the string both pulling DOWN on the </DIV>
<DIV>pin made it difficult to be tuned very well. </DIV>
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<DIV> Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Jack Wyatt </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>