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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daniel, you'll hear a lot of good =
advice from the
board about fixing the loose pins. If they're all loose, you can =
probably re-pin
with the next size pins. I had a Kawai here in Phoenix that had loose =
pins, and
they send out .286 pins, and I thought "That's cant possibly be right" =
but they
ended up being, if nothing else, almost too tight. (I tried a few of the =
worse
one first, of course). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The reason for my =
post, is that
I don't understand how a damp-chaser could really help the pin tightness =
on a
grand. I don't see how the humidity could possibly get up to the =
pinblock.
On a vertical, sure, but a grand? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would, of course be in the customers =
interests
to get some humidity control on her central heating unit, if it's =
electric, that
is. I understand that you can buy them for almost the same price as a
damp-chaser, and condition the whole home, instead of just the
piano.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a few random =
thoughts,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=danieljcarlton@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:danieljcarlton@sbcglobal.net">daniel carlton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 17, 2004 =
9:42
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Loose tuning pins on a =
Samick</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>
<P>I tuned this particular Samick grand for the first time the other =
day (5
foot 7 inch, model SG-172). Before I started, the customer said the =
last
technician mentioned that some of the tuning pins were loose in one =
section,
and that it wasn't holding a tuning well. One of the first things I =
noticed
was how warm and dry the room felt. I asked the customer about this =
and she
said this room was always the warmest in the house. The piano, by the =
way, is
situated between two central air ceiling vents (about 2 or three feet =
from
either end of the piano).</P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>