Repair ? or Dump

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi Ric,
The overall pitch of the piano was 16 cents low with the pitch drop at the
broken places all over the place, low.
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Moody <remoody@easnet.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: Repair ? or Dump


> You don't have to restring when you remove the capo bar. I think it wise
> to let the tension down to remove the bar. You could probably even keep
> the coils, by not letting it down all the way.On the other hand if the
> tuning holds I wouldn't worry. It should hold as long as the bar doesn't
> break, and I would think the most risk for that would be during tuning.
> If it will be unstable I think you would have noticed that already...if
> not, what could make it go out? Where was the pitch? ---ric
>
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> From: Joe & Penny Goss <imatunr@primenet.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Repair ?  or Dump
> Date: Sunday, January 02, 2000 1:21 AM
>
> Hi all,
> My last tuning for the year was a old Hoffman upright that presented a
> repair that has never been my pleasure to attempt to do. Any suggestions
> as to methods of repair that do not require restringing the instrument
> would be welcome.
> Problem, screws that hold the capo bar are mostly broken off. Of eight
> screws that are broken only one is not broken off deep in the pin block.
> I was able to tune the instrument but oh what an adventure <G>
> Joe Goss
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