Tightening the plate...

Don drose@dlcwest.com
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:21:06 -0600


Hi Kevin,

As to never having to do it again--that is dependant on the climatic
conditions. If you live in an area of humidity extremes as I do, you can
tighten the plates screws every winter--for every summer the wood expands
and crushes. 


At 07:12 AM 02/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>I always tighten the plate screws when I first see a piano. I think it gives
>the tuning more stability, and doing floors tunings, you are probably the
>first person to see it. 
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts

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