<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>Nah .... I haven't made those sorts of rookie mistakes for years now (except about twice a day, of course <G>).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But that's not it ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk href="mailto:alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk">alan forsyth</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan Barnard</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 02/07/2006 1:29:04 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Puzzler for Diagnosticians</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Either you stuck the propstick in the wrong hole or you put the hole on the wrong propstick!!!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>AF!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan Barnard</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> Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Puzzler for Diagnosticians</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Conover upright, newish.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Customer complained that the soft pedal didn't seem to work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Found that the prop stick was not in the hole. Put it in the hole and regulated it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tuned the piano. Drove away.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>5 minutes later, I get a call on my cell: "Two notes don't work when I press the soft pedal."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Turn around, go back. Sure enough two notes (f3 and g3) don't work unless you hit the keys quite hard.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What was wrong?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hint (things that were NOT wrong): No hammer interference or any problems with rubbing or interfering parts. No foreign objects. No keystick problems. No loose screws. No flange problems. Nothing broken.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hint: The fix took one tool and about 30 seconds (after about 3 minutes of professional analysis and diagnosis, i.e., chin scratching, confused wonderment, and blank staring).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>