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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>First things first. Stabilize the environment with a DC system, if not already. If you install one. let the piano sit for 6 weeks before tuning it. Make sure the piano is not sitting over a heater vent. Make sure that perimeter and nose bolts are tight. Check the bridges for loose pins or cracked bridge. Than analyze the tuning pins as you tune it. Tune the piano and schedule a follow up in 6-8 weeks to see what's happening.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>David Love</DIV>
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<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> 10/30/2003 7:29:27 PM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Dopey to dope?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Greetings, <BR><BR> I have a lady I am going to see Monday who has a Kawaii grand that she claims will not hold a tuning. I never doped a pinblock before. If upon inspection the pins are loose, should I dope. Is this an unwise move? <BR><BR> I hear that doping only lasts for one tuning and then the obvious is inevitable, which I hear is a re-pin job. How loose must pins be to sanction a re-pinning?<BR><BR>Thanx,<BR>Julie <BR> </FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>