---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Lance, I think you are on the correct list. I run into all of these problems=20= working on school pianos because I am not the only technician to work=20 on particular pianos. Posts like these jog my memory in the field and=20= it helps me tremendously. Thanks! Oh, and I am an off duty member of the acoustic music police <g>. I=20 investigate poorly arranged versions of pop music played by acoustic=20 musicians. So, I have no jurisdiction on this list. Tim Coates University of South Dakota Universtiy of Sioux Falls On Mar 15, 2004, at 7:00 AM, llafargue wrote: > Hans, et al, > > Please explain what line I have crossed.=A0 Must we switch lists every=20= > time the subject matter changes slightly? I thought I was encouraging=20= > Wim and others not to give up on searching out the cause of similar=20 > problems and how often the solution can be simple. =A0What list should=20= > =93Public Domain=94 be on or =93tips and tricks=94?=A0 =A0Should = =93client database=20 > software=94 be on the PC list?=A0 I need clarity from the web police, = I=20 > surely didn=92t mean to =93overwhelm=94.=A0 I=92d just like to reduce = my risk of=20 > being a flame target.=A0 I will lurk and learn.=A0 Maybe I am on the = wrong=20 > list and should be on the =93what size washer=94 list.=A0 ; ) =A0=A0Have= good=20 > week.=A0 > > =A0 > > Lance Lafargue, RPT > > LAFARGUE PIANOS > > New Orleans Chapter, PTG > > 985.72P.IANO > > llafargue@charter.net > > =A0 > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of=20= > Hans E Sander > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:14 AM > To: caut@ptg.org > Subject: RE: new meaning for weighing keys > > =A0 > > Lance, please don't overwhelm our caut website with stuff like this. > > Hans > > >>> llafargue@charter.net 3/11/2004 9:04:20 AM >>> > > I had a customer with a nice C7 and he had a damper that wouldn=92t=20 > work, so after 3 techs looked at it, they left 3 large metal clips=20 > attached to the damper head to make it dampen.=A0 The touchweight on=20= > that key was tremendous.=A0 It turned out the wire was bent front to=20= > back and rubbing on the belly of the piano under the edge of the=20 > soundboard when the key was depressed, causing the problem.=A0 When I=20= > pulled the wire forward and pulled the clips off in 5 seconds, the=20 > owner was a little amazed to have it work great.=A0=A0=A0 > > =A0 > > Lance Lafargue, RPT > > LAFARGUE PIANOS > > New Orleans Chapter, PTG > > 985.72P.IANO > > llafargue@charter.net > > =A0 > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of=20= > Wimblees@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:38 AM > To: caut@ptg.org > Subject: new meaning for weighing keys > > =A0 > > Last night I tuned a Wurlitzer spinet. The right pedal wasn't working,=20= > so I took off the bottom board, and attached the rod. But=A0I = discovered=20 > something interesting. Hanging by a piece of thread from one of the=20 > stickers was a hugh washer, about 1 1/2" in diameter. Naturally I took=20= > it off, and=A0I found out that the reason the weight was on the = sticker=20 > was to make the key work. Without the washer, the key stuck. So I=20 > lifted the key, and saw that the problem was that=A0the front bushing=20= > was folded over, creating lots of friction on the key. It took only a=20= > couple of seconds to correct the problem. > > =A0 > > I don't know if the washer was attached by a very incompetent piano=20 > tuner, or by some ingenious customer. Lets hope it was the latter, but=20= > knowing some of the technicians in this part of the country, it was=20 > probably the former. > > =A0 > > Wim > > Willem Blees, RPT > Piano tuner/technician > School of Music > University of Alabama > Tim Coates University of South Dakota Universtiy of Sioux Falls ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 7564 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/39/7e/6c/bc/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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