A terrible piano

[Patrick Greene]

Sorry,
You got the rare one...
----- Original Message -----
From: <kam544@flash.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: A terrible piano


> >...I would have sworn
> >I was tuning a 75 year old Hardman upright...
> >Patrick Greene
>
> Hey, watch how you throw that name around there, pardner...  :)
>
> I picked up a 1909 Hardman grand (about 5' 8") about a week ago that
looked
> like the pits for all practical purposes, has multiple cracks in the
> soundboard, definite bearing problems in places, action regulation highly
> irregular, pedal lyre loose as a goose, action shifts to the left, chipped
> keytops, tuning pin solution stains abound, about every reason on earth to
> trash the thing, or do a complete rebuild ... but with a name like
Hardman?
>
> For the fun of it, I installed some used Tokiwa shanks and Abel hammers
> that were removed from a Steinway D.  Did some rough regulation ... very
> rough ... and man, does it put out like no piano I've ever met ... just
> unbelievable.
>
> It defies all known piano technology I've learned.  Just blows me away the
> magic sensation it gives when I play it.  I'm going to do as little as
> possible to not lose that mystique.
>
> So watch how you throw that name around there, pardner...  :)
>
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
>
>