Tightening the plate...& breaking it.

[Richard Brekne]

And the moral of this story is... "yes... tighten the plate screws and bolts...
but use yer brains... grin (at least a little)"

CHMUS@AOL.COM wrote:

> After restringing an upright about 6 years ago, I had subcontracted a tuner
> to chip up the piano and do a few rough tunings.  This tuner (without my
> knowing it) brought in another tuner who was sight impaired and instructed
> him to tighten all of the plate screws and then pull up the pitch.  On this
> particular upright the nose bolts were standard wood screws not unlike the
> rest of the plate screws... Anyway.. the plate broke that day in about four
> places.. They said it made quite a noise.

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Richard Brekne
Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway