Concert Prep - what is it and what it isn't?

[David Ilvedson]

Brian,

Check the level of the keys.  The middle, playing area may have sagged.

David I.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Brian Lawson
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 6:52 AM
> To: pianotech
> Subject: Concert Prep - what is it and what it isn't?
>
>
> Hi listee's, so despite my post of last week with my casino piano woes it
> seems I have some more "concert work" coming my way. hate it,
> hate it, hate
> it. The reason, I try to avoid it and stay with the domestic work of
> household tunings which is done on my own determined time
> schedule, honestly
> hate time constraints - RPT exam was a minor nightmare.
>
> So, the piano in question is a S&S C, it has (for me) a very shallow touch
> (seems to be at under 8mm though didnt measure acurately and tight key
> bushings, dusty, damper regulation problems etc.
>
> In an artical that Susan Kline wrote recentlly she said that she spent her
> own time working on a Baldwin, getting results that she used
> later. I'm not
> saying I'll do that but given the time - what amount of time should I look
> at? what should I work on? do I try and re-regulate the piano to specs I
> have from that Steinway book which has blow at 1 7/8" (47mm) and touch at
> 9.5mm or as "it works", leave it?
>
> For those of you who do this as a regular activity, is your tuning charge
> more than a domestic tuning, your time preping; how much per hour in
> relation to your tuning price - give me a percentage difference
> rather than
> a dollar price.
>
> Have there been articals in the journal that I have missed or not
> duplicated?
>
> Brian Lawson, RPT
> Johannesburg, South Africa
>
>