<!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 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin said: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>As you know,some jazz players also pluck the strings sometimes = (although =<BR>we always tell them not to touch the strings without = gloves....grrrrrr), =<BR>and someday we had problems on one of our grands that we rent for = =<BR>concerts because the last guy who played the piano (Bill = Carrothers) =<BR>plucked the strings and he bent some dampers.<BR><BR>We moved the = piano from the place where the "plucking guy" performed to =<BR>another = concert hall, and we did not check that everything was in place =<BR>before moving = it tp the next place.<BR><BR>So as I began to tune the piano for the concert,I = remarked the problems =<BR>and I had to put off the action, and spend a lot of = time on damper =<BR>regulation in bad conditions (very little = light...).<BR><BR>The dampers regulation was in really bad shape.<BR>The piano was a Kawai = RX-2 so it has a regular damper lever =<BR>configuration..<BR><BR>I fear that = sometimes pianists are not really aware of what they do on =<BR>the piano and on = the damage they can make on such fragile action parts."</FONT><BR><BR>Quentin,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Someone should send the "pianist" the = darned bill, for your services. Maybe the idjit would quit with that B.S.! = Nah!.....Stupid is a stupid does!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>