[pianotech] The case of the missing bridle straps!

[pianolover 88]

Haha, I figured someone might ask that. Surprisingly no. No tell-tale mouse urine odor or droppings present. Piano is clean a a whistle, so unless the last tech did a thorough cleaning, and deodorizing, there just isn't any evidence. No rust either, and the strings are shiny as new including the coils. Pretty unusual for the springs to just fail and break like that eh? 

cheers,

Terry "UniGeezer" Peterson
"Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" 
www.unigeezer.com


From: imatunr at srvinet.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:32:28 -0600
Subject: Re: [pianotech] The case of the missing bridle straps!










Any evidence of mouse damage?
Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  pianolover 88 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:19 
PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] The case of the 
  missing bridle straps!
  

  I decided to take the spinet action out (that's always fun!) for 
  a closer inspection, and attempt to strengthen the hammer springs. Many were 
  already broken, some were already missing, and the rest were at the breaking 
  point, hence no spring tension for adequate hammer return! 

Oh well, 
  another fun hammer spring rail job! 

Cheers,

Terry "UniGeezer" 
  Peterson
"Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" 
www.unigeezer.com



  
  
  
  From: pianolover88 at hotmail.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 
  2012 17:55:51 -0700
Subject: [pianotech] The case of the missing bridle 
  straps!


  
  

  Got a client with a 70's schafer & sons spinet. Looks like 
  new having had little use, but many hammers won't return, and at first I 
  thought the pinning was too tight, and/or just sluggish from non use and 
  excess humidity, but then I noticed that there are NO bridle wires/straps at 
  all. I've seen a few spinets without them before, but not very often. Any 
  advice on getting the hammers to return, short of retro-fitting a whole new 
  set of bridle wires and straps? I thought maybe strengthening the hammer 
  springs and appling protek to all the centers might help as well.  What's 
  funny is that the whips have the little holes where they would go, but they 
  were never installed at the factory. 

Thanks,

Terry "UniGeezer" 
  Peterson
"Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" 
www.unigeezer.com
 		 	   		  
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