Left pedal / center pin thingy

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Hi Tom,

I see where you´re coming from but that´s not the case.  This is not the 
problem with the piano, since it has a rather mellow tone.  The guy´s a 
total butcher, destroyed two C2 strings from Chopin´s C major Etude Op.10 
Nr.1, but all in all the hammers aren´t worn that much...due to his pedal 
usage.  Actually he didn´t have it tuned for a long time so maybe that was 
the reason for his sound moderating tendencies.
The piano doesn´t need snuggling :)  He needs to get rid of this habit, and 
being a relatively good buddy of mine, I don´t think coaxing him will be a 
problem for me.
But as was suggested, the flange covers might be a good optionsince the 
butt plates ARE in fact all tightened.

Thanks,

Kristinn




At 18:41 25.10.2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Kristinn,
>
>If the player is using the soft pedal constantly, then is the problem
>that the hammers need voicing? It might not keep the center pins from
>moving but it would possibly give him a tone quality that he liked
>better (without all the lost motion).
>
>Are the pins migrating toward the south?
>
>If the butts are the same type that Yamaha uses, then maybe all you have
>to do is tighten the butt plate screws.
>
>Tom Cole
>
>Kristinn Leifsson wrote:
> >
> > My esteemed fellow fellows and fellas,
> >
> > I tuned a Gratiae piano, made in North Korea.  They´re not as bad as you´d
> > think.
> > What I noticed is that throughout the piano there were center pins in butt
> > flanges migrating all over the place.
> >
> > I know the owner quite well, and he uses the left pedal a lot.  I mean, he
> > literally stands on it.
> >
> > What I was thinking is whether there is a chance that abnormal impact on
> > the butts from the jacks might result in a kind of nudging effect in
> > time.  He uses the piano a lot, I´ve tuned many of these pianos but haven´t
> > seen this problem in them before.
> > Maybe a slightly crooked jack could cause this.
> >
> > So waddaya think?
> >
> > Should I nuke them all?
> >
> > Kristinn