This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment List, Gee, all this time I thought you guys were pulling my leg about the = mezzo-thermoneal stabilizer! Today, I tuned my first one! Had I known, = I would have worn my radiation suit for protection! (Conrad, do your = standard-issue suits cover this hazard?) 20+ yr-old Kimball studio in a church, hammers and pin torque not bad, = but worn action. One hammer wobbled so much it hit the next string over = on a soft blow. I thought it was a loose flange screw, but it must be = the pinning that's so bad! Bass string tone that makes your eyes water. It had a DC heater bar without controller, which was unplugged, so I = left it that way (80 degrees and 66% humidity), since the church isn't = air-conditioned, and I didn't want to have to come back after it = restabilized. It's a 15W bar, the width of the piano, with "PIN PEG" as = the only identifying part number. Is this the kind of old heater bar that could be dangerous if left = plugged in (possibly catching fire)? Secondly, it seems like 15W would = be way too low for this situation (we have a lot of humidity even up = here in the mountains). Keys weren't sticking, and also I'd want to = make sure they'd leave it plugged in if I used it (this was my first = visit to this customer; lots of education to do). Suggestions? --Cy Shuster-- Bluefield, WV ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/76/f0/af/58/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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