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At 08:59 AM 11/9/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Yes John
and the same with GJ<br>
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Either way - it's still going to be like trying to nail Jello to a
wall.<br><br>
The preferred method for tuning these beasts is to get all set up to
tune, take off your watch and look at it, begin tuning; and, when the big
hand has gone around once, you are done.<br><br>
Don't turn yourself into a pretzel attempting the impossible.<br><br>
These things are built for a specific market and purpose. That is,
other than institutional sales, something like 95% of all S&S
uprights sold to private clients are later traded in on grands...rather
like buying a Mercedes "C" class sedan...it says
"Mercedes" on it; but it sure doesn't drive or feel like a real
one...it's an "entry level" device, only.<br><br>
Horace<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Joe Goss RPT<br>
Mother Goose Tools<br>
<a href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com/" eudora="autourl">www.mothergoosetools.com</a><br>
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<dd>----- Original Message ----- <br>
<dd>From:</b> <a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</a>
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<dd>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</a> <br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 09, 2004 9:23 AM<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> Hard to tune upright<br><br>
<dd><font face="arial">Hi List,<br>
<dd>Last week I came upon a piano, that was the hardest, I have ever had to tune. (Started in '75) (No. not the tuning of this piano. I thought I would beat the smarties to that one. :-))<br>
<dd>It was the same brand as the next hardest one, I tune.<br>
<dd>It was a Steinway upright, furniture model, has a 40 stencilled on the block.<br>
<dd>It had been restrung, with new pins. The strings were imbedded in the felt strip between the pin and the pressure bar. I think that was the main problem.<br>
<dd>Is everyone SURE, that putting Protek on the different bearing points to get better rendering, and easier tuning, won't migrate to the tuning pins and cause a problem?<br>
<dd>Regards,<br>
<dd>John M. Ross<br>
<dd>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<br>
<dd><a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a><br>
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