> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:05:36 -0400 > From: Carl Root <rootfamily@erols.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: TP coils > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org Bill, Quit posting to the List and writing Carl's name on them... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA > Jon Page wrote: > > > > I recently had a grand in > > your shop, or . . . . . ? > > > which had this wire protrusion through most > > of the piano. Very sloppy looking. > > Any other symptoms? Did this bother the owner? > > > I was able to clean it up with a > > Dremel Tool and grinding bit and only nabbed a few coils, oops - pow ! > > So now we have new, unstretched wire. Who paid for all this? > > I don't want to come across offended or angry or judgemental (well. a > little judgemental :-) ), but the business end of this operation has > me somewhat befuddled. There are many things we do in piano work which > have no obvious immediate benefit, but we do them because we understand > how lots of this stuff has a cumulative effect on the piano's > performance. Unless there was a benefit to the customer that they want > and are willing to pay for, I would leave it alone. Sometimes the > piano's design and/or service history limit it's potential and there's a > limit to what can be done to improve performance. The trick is to > figure out what to do, what not to do, and when to stop. Preferably > when estimating, rather than in the shop. > > Carl > > Let me contribute something constructive to this becket(t) discussion. > Make a pair of becket pliers. Buy small, cheap slip-joint pliers. > Grind or hack saw off about 1/2" of one tip. Grind off the serated jaws > into two concave surfaces (to conform to the sides of the tuning pin). > Credit to the late Gene Elfes, RPT. > >
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