I do not align becket precisely until now. But what is that tool that
permit to do it fast and easy. I see no reason for not using it. Someone
talked about a photo?
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De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De la part
de Gerald Groot
Envoyé : 2 octobre 2009 12:59
À : pianotech at ptg.org
Objet : Re: [pianotech] Tuning pin height
I disagree which was my point about lining things up. If one bothers to
drill the holes correctly for the tuning pins, then why can't one line the
beckets up as well? Laziness in my opinion. It takes no more time to line
up beckets than it does to not line them up. Everything should look good
and everything should work correctly as well. If we must have some give and
take and often times, is some, then that's fine but to intentionally just
not line things up. I don't like it. That's my opinion.
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Israel Stein
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:44 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Tuning pin height
Jer writes:
Looks are as important as anything else.
Otherwise, why line up hammers to look right when replacing them? Or back
checks?
I don't think looks are all that important,(or they would have locked my up
years ago), but they do indicate the care taken in a job. A rebuilder that
leaves sloppy, uneven, coils will rarely do a more consistant job drilling
the block, at least in my experience. I like beckets to line up because it
leaves the tuning hammer in the same position from pin to pin, facilitating
tuning. It also indicates a stringers ability to be consistant, which can
show up in how the wire curvature is placed from string to string. There
is a lot of aesthetic effort put in restoration, and an even pin field is
one way pride is shown. A worker that has no pride rarely does the best
work.
I don't believe that Ron Nossaman - who was the first to express the opinion
here that lined up beckets don't matter - can hardly be accused of "rarely
doing the best work". And when rebuilding pianos in an institutional setting
on salary one must always engage in triage, due to constraints on time and
resources, pay attention to things that affect function and sometimes
forget about one's "pride". And besides, "screw polisher" has always been a
derisive term in this trade - one who bases one's pride on things that look
good but matter little, instead of obsessing over things that do matter. In
his original message Ron pointed out flaws in the job that do matter - for
example, tuning pin drilling angle - which the person who posted the
original criticism totally overlooked. Obsessing over insignificant details
may sometimes prevent one from paying attention to significant ones,
especially in time-sensitive situations. Two-edged sword, Ed.
As far as hammers and backchecks lining up, those are elements in
function, and I do think they are important, even if I allow a mm or so
alteration in blow distances between hammers to even out action geometry.
Precisely. Things that matter an awful lot... If lining up beckets is
considered on the same level of importance as hammer and backcheck alignment
- than someone has a rather screwed up value system...
Israel Stein
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