Marshall, Comments interspersed below Hi Tom, Thanks for what you posted. I sure enjoy tuning for the schools, but the pianos need so much attention. There are some things I am not able to address such as case parts is too much disrepair,but reguation issues I can address. I might return to the pianos just to fix a couple without it costing too much of my time of course. If you find broken pars in pianos would you jut fix it or charge them for the parts i.e. broken jacks etc. Broken parts are certainly an extra charge but jacks are probably not broken, just unglued where the flange meets the whippen Most of what I'm finding onthese Everette school pinaos is lost motion issues and possibly let off issues, key will play and in the middle of tuning jam up where the hammer won't even lift won't repeat. Hard to say what that problem might be, but protek on a sluggish center might help, or maybe it's a dislodged hammer return spring, or a pencil stuck somewhere. Where would I find replacement hinges for piano lids or the little bolt that screws in the back of an everette lid to keepit in place? Thanks Marshall Replacement hinges? Check the hardware store for something compatible. As for the screws you can use a cap screw from the hardware store on these Everetts. They stick out a bit but not enough to worry about. My last speech aside, a walk through with the decider listing your recommendations is always a good idea before you submit a bid. Marshall, I realize that you have vision challenges but my instructor at school was Lawrence Goetsch and he could tune circles around most sighted technicians. I've been helping a new tech work on his speed and just developing a better mute handling procedure alone can knock 30 minutes of your tuning time. I worked in a sheet metal shop in the early 70's and was on piece work. An old guy there helped me set up my tools and my body position to work more efficiently. A few seconds for each movement adds up when you are bending 230 pieces of metal or turning 230 tuning pins and maybe turning them twice! Study your movements. Find an economy of motion in what you do. I watch my new tech and he's moving all over the place. He was adjusting dampers and his head was up and down, he was putting tools down and picking them up. I did the same task and found a sight angle where my head stayed in the same place and the tool never left my hand. Marshall, this is not an extraordinary accomplishment. All experienced technicians find methods and movements that work for them and gets the job done as quickly as possible with hopefully less wear and tear on the body. Just something to think about, Best wishes and keep at it my Brother. Tom D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090924/acc74b6a/attachment.htm>
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