The worst player story, I have is, as follows. Lady called, and said "do you repair player pianos" I said yes. She then told me her son, had taken it apart, and couldn't get it together again. I assumed, disconnected the hoses, and couldn't figure out where they went. Easy one, I thought. Wrong. I got there, and she showed me a few boxes, and a big jar, with a lot of screws. He had stripped the upper action right down, and what I had was all the screws mixed up, all the bellows material, and hinges, had been removed, so I had a pile of wooden parts. Nothing had been numbered or, sorted. Just getting the screws, sorted by size took a while. I told her, I would try, and wouldn't give her a time frame, or firm price. I spent a whole winter, doing it in my spare time. I got it working. I couldn't charge for the time it took me, but it was a learning experience. There was a lot of trial and error. I hadn't been working on players that long. It would not take me as long now. Wait a minute, that is a lie. I wouldn't accept the job to do now. :-) John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler@charter.net> To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 3:47 PM Subject: Pulling my hair out (what's left of it anyway) > Tuning 4 pianos in one day... thats nothing ! > > I am working on, in the basement of my house, three, yes, three player > piano rebuilds at the same time. One I'm finishing up for delivery next > week. The second one came in last weekend, a Themodist reproducing player > piano and, last but not least, my own P.A. Starck. Not only am I doing the > complete player part but the piano actions as well. > > So I've got to keep track of all the separate parts and where I'm at on > each one. Thankfully, I decided to keep a note pad with each one. > > And just remembered, with the I'm doing next week, needed: a pin > treatment, setting and aligning new hammers, leveling keys, regulation and > tuning - then - ready to start reassembling the complete player action. > Normally not a big deal, however, on this one, the customer took > everything out before I got there to take reference pictures of where hose > and linkage connections were, now I've got to figure them out. > > Not really complaining, mind you, just trying to figure out where to start > today. > > BTW, we need more player techs. On the other hand, here, at least, I'm > getting all player tunings. > > Now to start ...... somewhere ....... > > -- > Duaine Hechler > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ > Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding > Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild > Reed Organ Society Member > St. Louis, MO 63034 > (314) 838-5587 > dahechler@charter.net > www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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