On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> wrote: > Or throwing it? Impact engineering at its finest. -- JF > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of David Ilvedson > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:49 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] String Rattle > > Similar to rebooting a computer... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 8/25/2009 5:22:14 AM > Subject: [pianotech] String Rattle > > >>This reminds me of a funny story about a problem I had many years ago. I >>used to be the tech for the store that sold Grand (the brand name) pianos. >>When out servicing one of them for the free tuning, there was a very >>prominent buzz on 2 notes only in the tenor bass break. When played > loudly, >>it TWANGED like mad. It was the kind of twang that sounded like a bearing >>problem. I checked everything you can think of and then some but could not > >>find what was causing it. After a few hours, I called my cousin. The > other >>Groot that some of you mistook for me here at the Grand Rapids Convention. >>We went back at a later time together to solve it. We didn't solve it. We > >>couldn't figure the problem out for nothing. We even resorted to turning >>the nose bolt for a different bearing. Nothing worked. There was plenty > of >>room on each side of the bridges so it was not buzzing there either. > >> > >>Finally, I called my dad who just happened to be home. He came right over. > >>We all 3 looked and looked. Finally, my dad picked up one side of the > piano >>and just flat out dropped it! BAM onto the floor it went. Those of you >>that know me, will assume which I did, that I busted out laughing my butt >>off when he did that. So did my cousin. My dad, he just smirked. Funny >>thing? The buzz went away never to return. After making sure it wasn't >>going to start up again dad looked at the piano and said "THERE YOU SO AND >>SO TAKE THAT!!! To which we all laughed some more. > >> > >>I wouldn't condone resorting to this obviously, yet after that much >>frustration, it sure was funny to watch him do that. > >> > >>Jer > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Jerry.5 > >> > > > >> _____ > >>avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. > > >>Virus Database (VPS): 090824-0, 08/24/2009 >>Tested on: 8/25/2009 8:22:14 AM >>avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > > > > _____ > > avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. > > > Virus Database (VPS): 090824-0, 08/24/2009 > Tested on: 8/25/2009 11:26:34 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > > > > -- JF
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC