Great Opportunity, Lousy Piano

[Alan R. Barnard]

I thought the whole tool kit required super glue, duct tape, WD40, and a big
hammer.

Actually I marvel at the productivity "old hands" can demonstrate. It takes
me two hours just to open the piano, find the bathroom, get out the wrong
tools, and realize my ETD battery is dead. Again.

Alan Barnard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Great Opportunity, Lousy Piano


> "You must be a very efficient worker to get all that done in two hours..."
>
> Hey, didn't you read my post? I said that I came prepared with super glue
and duct tape!
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Great Opportunity, Lousy Piano
>
>
> Terry Farrell wrote;
>
>
>
> I only had a couple hours before they were going to use it for rehearsal.
Thank God I had super glue and duct tape! I pitch-raised it to A440, tuned
it, filed the hammers, shimmed the action frame for hammer alignment,
roughed up the hammer tails to make most of them check. Added a little drop
to some just so they would not double strike. That was all I had time for.
This thing needed a good 200 hours of work - at least.
>
>     You must be a very efficient worker to get all that done in two hours,
Terry. I would definately look at this as an opportunity to show your stuff
and earn some good money.
>     One thing, next time you're pushed for time, instead of roughing up
the hammer tails, look at the backchecks, if they look a little worn down,
sometimes it's quicker to take some 220 paper and drag it straight up
towards you, like you're gang filling. Makes 'em look almost new, and takes
about three minutes for the whole set. Just don't get too carried away.
Sometimes that's all they need.
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