Always Something New!

[Terry]

Just food for thought here - this piano sounds like it may be one of many
train-wreck worn-out older pianos. I certainly realize many folks just don't
have the interest/means to invest lots of $$ in rebuilding, but when I come
across cases like this, I make sure to at least present that as an option (I
often also discuss replacement) so that they are made aware of the full
spectrum of options they have.

Not saying this is the case here, but I think sometimes technicians tend to
have blinders on - they focus on the one problem at hand and suggest a fix
for that one thing - sometimes the piano owner might be interested in
re-doing the whole enchilada, but just not realize that is possible!

FWIW

Terry Farrell

> 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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