[pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...

[John Ross]

You are luckier than me Ron. 
I always remove the upper action. 
Must be a short thing, as I find it too awkward to do, with it in place.
I don't mean the smaller electric ones, the action tilts in them.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...


Matthew Todd wrote:
> The smart thing to do would be to have the owner operate the player 
> before you remove it.  And when you are finished, have her operate it 
> once more with you standing there.

Verify that it works both before and after you tune, but in 
30+ years, I've never had to remove a player to tune a piano.

If I think it'll come up to pitch, it's at pitch and in 
reasonable tune when I leave. If I don't think it'll come up 
to pitch, I recommend they don't spend the money on the 
attempt. If it won't come to pitch, it's dead, and I don't 
care to milk the carcase.
Ron N