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FAMILY="SERIF">Alan<BR> =
I
agree with Jerry . I once serviced a Stwy M that had the top end of the =
bridge
end binding against the plate giving the bi-chords a deader and a deader =
sound
playing upwards towards note 26. I Inserted hacksaw blade between plate =
and
bridge and set it free. No more thunk thunk I was surprised that it got
past past quality control and others for 20 years naaaaaaah it
happens.<BR>>>>>>>>>>Dale
Erwin>>>>>>>>>></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> I am =
replying
because of your reference to "others". I had an interesting encounter =
the other
day with a piano in which the customer said had a broken string. When I =
arrived,
he said that he was breaking a string about once a month, I said; "That =
can't be
right, that should never happen." ( His tooner was on vacation, and =
he
couldn't wait for him to return, because he uses that note a
lot.)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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When I got
to the piano, I noticed that the hammers ( on a Steinway D, no =
less) were
pretty flat looking, with string grooves about 3/8th of an inch long. =
Well, the
strings that kept on breaking where in the area of the upper capo bar. =
When I
pulled the action out, (hadn't been cleaned since he got it, judging =
from the
dust bunnies) there it was; a nice line where the hammers had been =
actually
hitting the capo bar. No wonder he was breaking strings! He was so =
relieved to find someone who could solve the problem, he tipped me 50 =
dollars! I
filed his hammers, did some other work, tuned, and cleaned his =
piano. Hey,
maybe I should increase my rates! I love being a hero! In truth, =
any
Monkey with a couple of tools should have been able to find the trouble =
in less
than two minutes. ALAS, Will we survive as a species? Sometimes I have =
my
doubts. Hence my (much) earlier reference to Joe's having seen way too =
much
nonsense in his lifetime. I suppose I'm doomed to the same fate.
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> Hey! =
I'm not
going to let it get me down, though!
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