Always Something New!

[Avery Todd]

There were a lot like that. There were also quite a few that were on the
loose side, also. And everything in between! :-( Another problem is that
the tuning hammer sits fairly high on those pins.

Avery

At 09:05 PM 3/26/05, you wrote:
>How is tuning those 6's? Seems like they'd be high torque and make fine
>treble adjustments difficult.
>
>Alan R. Barnard
>Salem, MO
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Avery Todd
>Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:51 PM
>To: pianotech
>Subject: Always Something New!
>
>
>List,
>
>I thought after almost 30 yrs., I'd seen just about everything. :-)
>
>Today, I was working on an old Baldwin grand (# 6030, I think) and
>discovered it had 6/0 pins! I knew they were out there, but I've never used
>them and wouldn't even consider it, actually! It also sounded like it had
>concrete hammers and the lady who had to play on it, just hated it! I
>couldn't imagine why! :-)
>
>Whoever "worked" on this piano however many years ago, didn't have a clue
>about hammer traveling! They were going every which way! One particularly
>bad one I took off the rail and there was a fairly thick sandpaper shim
>under the flange. When I took it off and reinstalled the hammer, it was
>really crooked! Obviously, he'd tried to straighten up a badly glued hammer
>by shimming. No matter what it did to the traveling. No hammer I took off
>had any traveling paper there except for the above problem! I think I spent
>almost 3 hrs. straightening out all that mess! Amazing! :-(
>
>Sorry. Just venting a little. But at least, after finishing with it, she
>seemed to love it! But what a way to spend an Easter Saturday! Oh well, I can
>pay another bill or two now! :-)
>
>Avery
>
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