Generally, it's kids or parents that get into the piano. Most technicians will put them back if they drop something in there although, none of us are perfect except for myself, anyway… :-))) They most certainly do not pop themselves out. Gremlins maybe? Meeces n mices… From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of reggaepass at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 12:47 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] wayward hammer return springs -Little fingers retrieving a pencil, etc.? -Rodentia? ...or the fingers of little rodentia? Alan -----Original Message----- From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 9:04 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] wayward hammer return springs reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > List, > > Does anybody out there have any idea how a hammer return spring could > become dislodged from it's cloth-lined groove in the hammer butt? About > a dozen were poking out from between hammer shanks on a Baldwin > Hamilton, and I haven't been able to offer the client an explanation as > to how they became truant from doing their usual duty. > > Thanks, > > Alan Eder > -Little fingers retrieving a pencil, etc.? -Rodentia? -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 _____ Live traffic, local info, maps, directions and more with the NEW MapQuest Toolbar. Get it now <http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?ncid=emlwemqmq00000003> ! _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090326-0, 03/26/2009 Tested on: 3/27/2009 4:23:26 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090327/53291156/attachment.html>
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