---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/12/03 10:22:29 AM Central Standard Time, atodd@UH.EDU writes: List, Well, we finally got our new Maene Fortepiano from Belgium delivered yesterday. It looks fantastic and the harpsichord guy on the faculty loved it. "It has a really nice, clear bass" was one of the particular comments he made about it. It even arrived remarkably well in tune, considering where it came from! Unbelievably though, it had no instruction/maintenance type of manual with it! We're going to see if we can get one from Belgium but if not, I'll order Margaret Hood's manual. Just what I need. Something else to work on! :-) But at least, it looks like it might be fun. Avery ______________________ Avery Todd, RPT We have a Jacob Doll Forte. Last fall, at the beginning of the school year, I wanted to tune ti. But 2/3rds of the strings were broken. at first I thought the snapped because it got too hot in the room. But upon careful inspection I found that the strings had rusted at eh dampers. The damper pads are made of chamois. Apparently it soaked up a lot of moisture during the summer, which caused the strings to rust. So a word of caution. If you're not going to use the forte for a while, especially when it's hot and humid, remove the dampers. On mine it just lifts off. I also tune every two weeks, just to keep it stable, even if it doesn't get used. (Which is virtually never?) Wim Willem Blees, RPT Piano tuner/technician School of Music University of Alabama ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/b4/1e/50/ce/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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