FWIW, IMHO, these little Lowrey PSOs (I'm being REAL kind here), are among the worst. I service several of them and each one is nasty, nasty, nasty. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Foster" <foster29@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>; "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:15 PM Subject: Re: old Lowrey console > Re: old Lowrey consoleIn fact, yes she has complained about it. Just about > an hour ago, she called me up to let me know that it didn't sound any better > and it still seemed out of tune. Of course, I reassured her that the piano > was in fact in tune. So this isn't just my interpretation. She has > complained. > The very first time I tuned it, about a year ago, I did add some hammer > softner solution to the middle section and it seemed to not help. That's > why I resorted to reshaping and needling. I'm beginning to wonder if it is > just the piano design and quality that makes it sound this way. > I have not tried pliers, though. I haven't resorted to that just yet. I > wanted to get a better opinion on what else to do. > > Dave Foster > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith McGavern > To: Dave Foster ; Pianotech > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 5:44 PM > Subject: Re: old Lowrey console > > > ... the tone is a very ugly, schreeking, bright nasty sound that I can > hardly stand while I tune it. ... I can't understand how it > doesn't drive her nuts. > ... Is there an easy/short fix to this problem shy of replacing the > hammers that anyone here has found? > Dave Foster > > > Your comments and question beg the following question from me. > > > Has this customer complained about the tone that bothers you and > specifically asked you to correct it? > > > If not, let sleeping dogs lie. > > > If yes, try squeezing the shoulders with shank knurling pliers. > > > Keith McGavern > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA >
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