yet another bracket question...

[Avery]

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I just tuned one of those whose number started=20
with a "O". No problem. So far. But it was living hell to tune!

Avery

At 07:34 AM 2/24/2006, you wrote:
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>Dave - You've got to learn to do a full 360=20
>attitude-adjustment on this subject!  ;-)
>
>YCs are nothing to worry about, they are=20
>something to celebrate! When I get a call from a=20
>new customer to tune their YC grand the=20
>anticipation starts. When I find out that the=20
>serial number begins with a zero, I start=20
>panting softly. When I find hammers blocking I=20
>start salivating. And when the customer tells me=20
>that the last tech found the same problem=20
>previously and kept having to "adjust something=20
>in there" I, I, - no, get your mind out of the=20
>gutter - my eyes start rolling over and spinning=20
>like a slot machine with dollar signs!
>
>End result: replace brackets - they pay you and=20
>they seek reimbursement from YC - and do a full=20
>regulation - plus tuning, etc. - usually ends up=20
>well over a grand for a bunch of very fun work!=20
>No doubt about it, YC expanding brackets are an opportunity!
>
>I find that if you explain the situation=20
>thoroughly to the customer, and what the other=20
>tech was doing, and that most new pianos will=20
>need a regulation after a few years of break-in=20
>anyway, they are usually very appreciative that=20
>you have finally gotten to the bottom of the=20
>cause of the troubles they have been having with=20
>that darn piano for so many years.
>
>Terry Farrell
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>
>
>My worry here is that it was serviced by a tech=20
>who was unfamiliar with the problem and could=20
>possibly have regulated it occasionally as it went out of whack...
>
>My gut feeling, though, is that you are=20
>right.  At first glance, they seem stable.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave Stahl
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