[pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...

[Ron Nossaman]

Thomas Cole wrote:
> Hmm. I did have a thought about that after I wrote it. Sometimes the 
> hinges are loose enough that you can feel the resistance of the pin - 
> some slop in the wobble but hard limits - but sometimes it just feels 
> tight. But after my recent experience, visual checking of the pin makes 
> the most sense.

I feel for pins before I lift ANY lid. People are continually 
trying to point out that the lid lifts the other way, and I 
have to tell them that I know, and what I'm doing - again. 
Even explaining this 20,000 times to 2000 people beats dumping 
a lid.
Ron N