Ron Nossaman writes: Ah, understanding. It's not a binary thing, as these discussions typically revert to instantly. Beckets that are not precisely (perfectly) aligned aren't therefor sloppy, nor are they necessarily random or indicative of lack of knowledge, skill, or care elsewhere. Of what functional difference is a pin with a becket pointing 10° off from it's neighbor? None that anyone can detect other than visually. If that qualifies as sloppy and uncaring, there are only three pianos per year in the world being competently and caringly rebuilt, likely by accident. I, shockingly enough, do actually make an attempt to keep the beckets in reasonable alignment (photo of what's in the shop now), but I consider insistence of absolute perfection in something as functionally meaningless as this to be a waste of energy when there are so very many things we can be working to improve that do matter. If the photo is of a sloppy job, then I'm sloppy. Might I comment on the fact that while the beckets (in the accompanying photo) might not be perfectly aligned, the pins certainly are NOT going to be riding on the plate anytime soon...if ever! (Is this not some indication of care taken where it truly matters?) Stan Ryberg Barrington IL jstan40 at sbcglobal.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091002/9744fb50/attachment.htm>
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