Why? So they'd be out there to aggravate Joe Garrett! :-) Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery Todd" <avery1@houston.rr.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:31 PM Subject: RE: Always Something New! > Wow! Why????? :-( > > Avery > > At 07:46 AM 3/27/05, you wrote: >>Avery: >> >>APSCO used to sell 7/0 tuning pins! >> >>dp >> >>David M. Porritt >>dporritt@smu.edu >> >>-----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 >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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