Decker Bros. Upright

[Terry Beckingham]

Wim,

Thanks for your reply. I wouldn't consider any work without discussing it 
with the customer first.  Regarding the loose tuning pin on the string 
which I replaced, I drove in a 3/0 pin and got a torque of about 60 inch 
pounds. I think I would be tempted to go with 4/0 pins if the restringing 
should go ahead.

I'll take your advice along with that of the other listees that replied 
when I discuss it with my customer.

Cheers

Terry Beckingham

At 07:11 PM 4/9/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Terry
>
>I would be very careful about doing any work on this piano, until you have
>had a face to face conversation with the customer. The fact that a tuning
>pin, which is supposed to have a torque reading of 30 - 40 lbs, now is loose
>after turning it out only one turn, leads me to think that the others are
>help in place with rust and powder. Any attempt at raising pitch on this
>piano might result in all the pins becoming very loose.
>
>Whenever work is done on an original hundred plus year old piano, there are
>going to be some major problems that need to be looked at. The tuning pins
>and bass strings are two of them. The soundboard, the action centers, the
>bridges, etc., all might look OK, but what will happen when you start working
>on them?
>
>Prepare the customer that she might have a money pit, where keeping the piano
>going might wind up costing her thousands of dollars.
>
>Just my opinion
>
>Willem