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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd have to agree with Terry, here. But =
if she's
really complaining about the tone, and IF you've already needled the =
hammers,
the next step for me would be steam. That's right, steam.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Roger Jolly has written about =
this, so I
don't have to go into the technique here, do I?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">FWIW,
IMHO, these little Lowrey PSOs (I'm being REAL kind here), are among =
the
worst. I service several of them and each one is nasty, nasty,
nasty.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR> <BR>----- Original Message ----- =
<BR>From: "Dave Foster" <<A
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href="mailto:foster29@earthlink.net">foster29@earthlink.net</A>><BR>=
To:
"Pianotech" <<A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>>;
"Keith McGavern" <<A
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href="mailto:kam544@gbronline.com">kam544@gbronline.com</A>><BR>Sent=
:
Friday, March 14, 2003 8:15 PM<BR>Subject: Re: old Lowrey
console<BR><BR><BR>> Re: old Lowrey console. In fact, yes she has
complained about it. Just about<BR>> an hour ago, she called =
me up to
let me know that it didn't sound any better<BR>> and it still =
seemed out of
tune. Of course, I reassured her that the piano<BR>> was in =
fact in
tune. So this isn't just my interpretation. She =
has<BR>>
complained.<BR>> The very first time I tuned it, about a year ago, =
I did
add some hammer<BR>> softner solution to the middle section and it =
seemed
to not help. That's<BR>> why I resorted to reshaping and
needling. I'm beginning to wonder if it is<BR>> just the =
piano design
and quality that makes it sound this way.<BR>> I have not tried =
pliers,
though. I haven't resorted to that just yet. I<BR>> =
wanted to
get a better opinion on what else to do.<BR>> <BR>> Dave
Foster<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>