> Thanks Dale, > I have told him that the tuning stability will never be acheived. Why not? Sloppy coils, once settled, won't affect tuning stability at all. Non functional cosmetics aside, if you can squeeze the beckets in tight and tap the top of the coil down snug, the rest is gravy. >This guy want the Steinway he paid for but is > very skeptical If sloppy beckets and a lousy regulation is the worst of the problems, he got very lucky indeed. I'd suggest looking closer at the real stuff. Check soundboard crown against string bearing, and look very closely at action geometry and hammer bore distances. What you've mentioned is likely the tip of the iceberg. Ron N
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