At 09:37 PM 10/6/2005, you wrote: >David, > >PRN - Latin abbreviation for "as needed" (a medical term) >TAMIU - Texas A&M International University > >Don't know about the Bostons, though! Me either. I don't believe I've ever tuned one. And in Houston, it's kind of rare to see a dried out pin block! :-) Avery >Tom > >>Sorry for my ignorance but explain: PRN? TAMIU? If all of the >>Bostons, or majority of them have this stuff...sounds like someone >>lubed them. The factory isn't going put something in the piano >>that attracts dust/dirt. These are basically Kawais. You could >>have dried out pinblocks...Texas. Seems to me Avery can talk you >>through this... >> >>David I. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >>From: "Andrew Anderson" <andrew@andersonmusic.com> >>To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> >>Received: 10/6/2005 5:24:07 PM >>Subject: [CAUT] Grease/Oil on upright pressure bar >> >> >>>Hi, >>>I'm tuning on a PRN basis for TAMIU here in Laredo. They finally >>>decided their black cages full of warbling songbirds and howling >>>seals needed a little discipline. (The grands are better, 50 to 80 >>>cents sharp on the top octave though, every piano.) >> >>>They have a bunch of Boston uprights (UP-125 II) that are proving >>>quite annoying. There is very little discernable friction between >>>the tuning pin and the speaking portion of the wire. I got >>>suspicious, went to the restroom and got some white paper. Swiped >>>the wires, yellow stuff, swiped the underside of the pressure bar, >>>more yellow stuff. Not very thick, but collecting dust anyway. When >>>I massaged the wires with the beat suppressor after the first pitch >>>correction pass I noticed that the wires were collecting a little >>>dust too, sticky. ... These are fairly new pianos, couple years at most. >> >>>When I say low-friction, I mean I can put my little hammer vertical >>>on a pin and walk a unison above and below tune without stressing my pinky. >> >>>Is this normal? Making unisons stable is a bit of a chore. No >>>wonder they were warbling & howling. Do they come from the factory >>>this way? or did one of the past piana toonas oil everything up? >> >>>Over lubricated in Laredo, >>>Andrew >> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4017
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