Facts and nots : was Recommend Rebuilder?

[Porritt, David]

Well, I guess they could crown them some more predictable way.  I've got
2 3-year old "M"s here that have some long compression ridges that I'm
watching.  I can't watch too long though as there are only 2 years left
on the warranty.  

This reminds me of an instance 30+ years ago when the local S&S
technician went to the music hall because an artist said there was some
action noise.  The tech checked it out and said it wasn't action noise
it was just Teflon clicks.  I got the idea that the pianist didn't care
what they called it, to him it was still noise.

dp

David M. Porritt
dporritt at smu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of David Love
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:33 AM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Facts and nots : was Recommend Rebuilder?

What's worse, a compression crowned board that possibly didn't crown and
has
no compression ridges, or one that did and does?  Goes with the
territory
and therefore there might be some truth in what they say.  Whether it's
stable over time is another issue.     

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf
Of Porritt, David
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:00 AM
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Subject: RE: Facts and nots : was Recommend Rebuilder?

Andrew Anderson said: "Steinway bluntly says in their technical
reference manual for technicians that compression ridges are not a
problem and are a sign of a good board under ideal compression."

So should we be disappointed if we get a piano that doesn't develop
compression ridges?

dave

David M. Porritt
dporritt at smu.edu