Marcel, At 07:11 AM 05/03/00 -0400, you wrote: >I was once called by a lady that had bought a piano (almost new spinet). She >asked me if I had some piano backs for sale. I was puzzled and asked her >what she meant. She told me she had bought this piano with no back and the >saleman assured her that it wouldn't be a problem to find a back for her >piano. I just couldn't figure this out so I went to see the "thing". > >Well, to my complete astonishment, the piano had all the parts except the >back. No strings, no plate, no soundboard. > >How stupid can you be? Are you referring to the customer or the salesman? :-) Avery >Marcel Carey, RPT, accordeur Technicien >Rock Forest QC >(819) 564-0447 >----- Original Message ----- >From: Carman Gentile <cgpiano@webtv.net> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 2:05 AM >Subject: Unbelievable > > > > OK folks, hang on.. this one is TRUE! > > > > Client called who has a 1906 Starr baby grand. > > > > In 1995 she removed -all- the plate screws and nose bolt nuts with the > > sincere but mistaken belief that she could lift out the "harp" to clean > > the sound board. > > > > That's what I said, she took out all 14 plate screws and all 7 > > nosebolt nuts but gave up trying to lift out the plate. Later all the > > the fasteners got _lost_. Remember, this was in 1995. > > > > The piano has since been moved -three- times. > > That's right, this small grand with NO plate or nosebolt fasteners has > > managed to survive three moves. > > > > So she called me a week ago to see if the parts can be replaced. I > > said I can't make any promises and what she did was utterly unbelievable > > and unprecedented in my experience. > > > > Today I took pictures and measurements needed to find replacement > > fasteners. The plate is still intact; the pitch is 50 cents flat at A4. > > > > I told her, _in writing_, that the plate could crack at any time. But > > then again, maybe not. This lady is now well aware of her poor > > judgement and knows her piano may not be savable. We are pressing > > ahead anyway. > > > > When (and if) this project is finished, I will be submitting an > > article to the Journal. > > > > Stay tuned for follow-up. > > > > Carman Gentile RPT > > Redwood Chapter > > > > > > > > > >
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