Ray, Just for your information, that's pretty common. They think it'll keep the rail from moving. Of course, that's IF they get it right in the first place. Which is rare! :-) Avery At 01:31 PM 06/28/02 -0500, you wrote: >This morning I finished up the regulation of a 38 year old Baldwin >L. While attempting to regulate the damper upstop rail, I found that it >wouldn't move. I thought perhaps it was stuck with varnish. But no, a >bright light revealed that some previous tuner must tired of regulating >it, and actually had driven 5 small nails into it to hold it into >place! Fortunately he didn't hammer the headless nails all the way in, >and I was able to get them out with little visegrips. FWIW. I hope no >one else runs into similar stupidity, but thought someone might profit >from knowing this experience. > >Ray > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Ray T. Bentley, RPT >Registered Piano Tuner-Technician >Alton, IL ><mailto:ray@bentley.net>ray@bentley.net >www.ray.bentley.net > >The difficult, I do right away. The impossible takes a little longer! > >
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