Joe, I'm with you on this. I couldn't agree more! If you can't easily line up the beckets from experience, What else can't you do, that I don't see up front. Piano rebuilding is all about precision and details. If I find a sloppy job in one place, I can surly find it in another. I also agree that the beckets needn't all be at 3:00 o'clock, but they should all end up close to the same position. Al From: Joseph Garrett Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 11:58 AM To: pianotech Subject: [pianotech] Aligned Beckets Israel said: "Ron, I'm with you 100% here. Back when I was training for this in Boston the instruictor used to mock those "rebuilders" who would take the time to line up beckets - but not bother to properly fit the pinblock or had no idea how to regulate an action or no concept of touchweight. Waste of time, in my book. It seems to be an easy way to show a client how "professional" and "meticulous" the workmanship is - the beckets are all lined up! Window dressing, as far as I am concerned. Of course, if a quality rebuilder wants to take the time to screw around with tuning pins to line up the beckets - it's their choice. I can think of better ways to spend my time and the client's money... Israel Stein" Israel et al, I am one of those Rebuilders that takes the time to align the beckets! Why? Because it helps the tuner! If all the beckets are in close proximity of alike rotation, it allows the tuner to go from one tuning pin to the next with amuch smoother flow. Hence the tuning takes less time and makes the tuner feel better at the end. Simple as that. Any Rebuilder that doesn't do that, along with good, consistant tuning pin height, in relation to the string angle across the pressur points, etc., and tight coils, is, in MNSHO, being sloppy! I believe that paying attention to ALL of the fine details, is what makes the difference between a good piano and a mediocre piano. Case in point...A Bechstein as opposed to a Kimball. Both made by the same comp any, essentially. No comparison tho!<G> Rebuilding is an art and should be considered such by those that don't! (rather than be criticized for perceived mistakes, etc.) i.e. I can tune a piano just as good as the next tuner, but there are few who can rebuild a piano as well a I can! Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091004/12c5d63f/attachment.htm>
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