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<DIV>Sounds very interesting Wim. What kind of Renners did you use. And, =
just
curious, who is Paul Manichino? Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 25, =
2001 9:09
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> second post Re: =
Voicing M&H
BB</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Terry =
<BR><BR>I just
remembered I serviced a BB at a church in St. Louis. The piano was =
used a lot
for recitals, and the word on the street was that this was a very =
difficult
piano to tune. I was asked by the new choir director for advice on =
what to do.
First of all, it sounded dead. As a result, piano players were beating =
the day
light out of it to get some volume. This, of course, caused many =
string to
break, and the tuning wouldn't hold. <BR><BR>On the advice of Paul =
Manichino,
I replaced the hammers with Renners. Paul admitted that the green =
monsters
were horrible and should never have been put on these pianos. The =
second
recommendation he made for tuning stability was to check the pin block =
to
flange fit. Sure enough, there was a gap big enough to slide a =
business card
very easily all the way from the bass to the treble. I solved that =
problem by
lowering the tension, and inserting maple shims between the block and =
the
flanges. After several tunings the piano was stable, and with the new =
hammers,
it sang. <BR><BR>Wim</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>