Another short one. This call was -from- a refinisher. He was in a panic because the piano was scheduled to be returned to the owner, and the piano "wasn't working right". I visited the shop. The owner explained that in addition to refinishing, "they had also replaced some parts", and had done "other stuff". I found a newly refinished piano with the action sticking quite a distance out of the cavity. The shop owner said, "We can't get this stick (keyslip) or these pieces (fallboard, cheekblocks) back on". A quick perusal indicated that this was the least of their problems. They had purchased and installed new hammers on new shanks -- by simply gluing the hammers onto the ends of the full-length shanks. They then had to bend the backchecks back so far that the checks were totally missing the hammer tails, instead they were serving as action "stand-offs" by hitting the bulkhead. There were many other downstream effects, but I'll stop here. -Everything- (with feeling) had been either replaced, changed or moved, to the extent that there was not one original reference remaining to serve as a guide. Not even the original plate registering remained! In spite of needing the additional work at the time, I walked away from this one too! Jim Harvey, RPT Greenwood, SC harvey@greenwood.net ________________________ Redmond, WA -- Microsoft announced today that the official release date for the new operating system "Windows 2000" will be delayed until the second quarter of 1901. -From Penny Pennington (p2)
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