Patrick: I haven't heard that term "Dodgy" for many years. I thought it was an Australian term. I worked with an Ausy many years ago. He used it profusely. Thanks for reminding me of our nationalistic idiosyncronicities. (grin) Carl Meyer PTG assoc Santa Clara, Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L." <patrick@pianospianissimo.com> To: "An open list, for piano technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:23 PM Subject: Re: Tuning Standard > Hi John, > > Yep, that is certainly another reason. However, access to strings... i > dont know about Brazil, but in Spain, you'll be surprised that most techs > (even the really dodgy ones!) will have some wire (probably just a few > sizes). Knowing how to replace the string wire properly... thats another > matter! you'll laugh or cry if you see the bodges we get to see over > here...for instance: a treble string replaced by some "tuner", actually > came out of the pin (didnt break, it actually "escaped" from the wrestpin) > while the pianist was trying the piano out before the concert... so you > get the idea > > Patrick > > >> > Or they are afraid of string breakage, because they don't have easy >> access to new ones. >> John M. Ross >> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada >> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L." <patrick@pianospianissimo.com> >> To: "An open list, for piano technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org> >> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:07 PM >> Subject: Re: Tuning Standard >> >> >>> "Or because they don't want to go to the trouble/risk of raising it to >>>> standard pitch. >>>> Which is probably the reason! >>>> >>>> Avery" >>> >>> I will have to agree with that one! similar thing over here in Spain i >>> suppose (although the pitch is usually not as low as that). Also, I >>> think >>> that most unproperly trained techs hardly ever raise the pitch (they >>> think >>> they have to tune the piano 4 times or so to do it!) but mainly, is >>> because they cant be bothered >>> >>> Or perhaps their tuning forks have gone flat with te heat! :) >>> >>> Patrick >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Patrick Hinves Ballesta >>> Afinador/Técnico 610442371 >>> PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > > Patrick Hinves Ballesta > Afinador/Técnico 610442371 > PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L. > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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