[CAUT] Seiler Flexing

[Jeff Tanner]

Have you taken regular humidity readings?
Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Murphy" <rmurphy at siue.edu>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:54 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Seiler Flexing


> Hi All,
>    I service a Seiler Grand 9' at a neighboring college and yesterday they
> put it on a piano truck because the large brass wheels were marking up the
> newly installed hard wood flooring.  The piano has always been quite nice
> and fills the room well, an "A" frame sanctuary.  After they put the piano
> on the truck, I went in to tune it as I tune this piano about every other
> week,mostly just small touch ups and a unison here and there.  Two things
> were very different now.  First, the music desk slide out easily, it used 
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> be as tight fit, and the back length of A3 was now touching the plate and
> buzzing.  I weaved felt through the strings in that area to stop the
> buzzing, but I'm concerned about the piano flexing on this truck.  Is that
> possible?  Could it keep flexing more?  Any one have a similar situation?
> Thanks,
> Richard J. Murphy
> SIUE
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