I remember years ago a 'technician' who prided himself on solving all problems with what he called the three C's- corks for loose ribs (wedged between rib and posts), Candles- (universal lubricant,) and coat hangers for bridge repairs. He contended that everyone who did repairs outside of these was crooked. The ways of doing bad work are essentially limitless. Ted Sambell ________________________________ From: Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 2:26:20 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] What the.....? You youngsters are just too inexperienced to know about these things. This was a technique actually promoted for a time back in the dark days of piano technology as a means of “increasing downbearing.” I can remember going to a class taught by someone whose name I no longer remember—probably wouldn’t say even if I did—in which this was suggested even when the piano was being “rebuilt.” Bad idea then; bad idea now. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 From:caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Tom Gorley Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:14 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] What the.....? My first guess is lack of sound due to no downbearing. A tuner probably experimented with one string and it helped enough to do the rest of the bass. ---Tom Gorley On Jan 17, 2011, at 9:04 AM, mick johnson wrote: Came across this in an old Mason&Hamlin B today. <IMG_20110117_102535.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110117/897e5019/attachment-0001.htm>
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