Hey Alan, Everything EXCEPT WD-40! :-) Avery At 10:08 PM 09/21/02 -0500, you wrote: >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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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