Hi Rob, I appreciate your comments back. I realize not every customer will just hand you a blank check (wouldn't that be nice!). But I feel that I do a disservice if I don't take the time to explain the conditions I'm encountering, and both the current predicament as well as long-term deterioration. Then it's up to them. One thing that really seems to bug customers is when they learn more about piano care, and wonder "why didn't anyone else ever tell me this?" Once they know, they are free to make a decision to do it as you recommend or not. But at least you know you've given it your best shot. The tools we have today for pitch-correction are truly marvelous, as are some of the older techniques used before we had such accurate technology (many of which I use). I'd vote Doc in for sainthood. I'm not familiar with other machines. Your method of hanging the damp cloth on the stat worked for you - simply blowing into the sensor area will do the same thing. And for the opposite, you can dry the sensor area with anything handy (except a torch gun). Another possibility just for knowing that the opposite components of what's on are working is to switch the plugs to the opposite sides. But for testing that stat's cycling, what you did was just the ticket. Do you have a test light? As for the under-keybed rod touching the player's legs, no, I've never had a complaint on it. I have tried myself to sit in such a position that my legs would reach the rod, and it was impossibly awkward. I install that rod all the way back, just in front of the lyre. And if someone had legs long enough to make that a problem, you might need two shorties with a gap in between. I can't imagine it. Hope this helps. Call anytime. Ruth
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