Sealed pianos

[Les Smith]

Hi, Avery.

I guess this one fits in under the "sealed piano" thread. A couple of
years ago I was called in to service an S&S "L" that was exhibiting
some action problems. I removed the check block screws easily,  and
then the key-slip, check blocks and fall board. No problem. Until I
tried to remove the action. It simply wouldn't budge. Further inves-
tigation revealed that a charter member of the BPTA ( Bozo Piano
Technicians of America) had turned the glides up all the way and then-
now get this--glued the keyframe to the keybed! Talk about frustration!
It turned some relatively routine action-work into a major PITA. And,
yes, my sense of frustration was clearly reflected in my bill! :-)

Les Smith
lessmith@buffnet.net

On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Avery Todd wrote:

> Ted,
>
>    I have that problem with the techs at the local S & S dealer. Every
> time I need to get into one of his C & A pianos, because of the "Gorilla"
> who tightened down the cheek block screws I have to have a "Godzilla"
> screwdriver to get the screws out. Can be embarrassing sometimes. I went
> through 3 screwdrivers once in a competition situation (each one bigger
> & longer) before I finally got the screws out to fix a note that wasn't
> working correctly. Frustrating.
>    I told him once I was going to start charging extra any time that
> happened. :-)
>
> Avery
>
> > Fortunately the screws came out easily, but, you're right,
> >sometimes they are screwed in by a gorilla.
> >
> >Ted Simmons
>
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