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Congratulations to Mark. I remember that feeling, after my first real tuning, it was so nice.

Today I made some wounded strings, tuned one old upright of my own which is for sale, did some action repairs on it, and planted 4 plants around my workshop.

Well, I am making a come back, I think? Tuned 7 today. Did three, 9' concert tunings, tuned 2 Yamaha U1's, 1 Kawai RX-6 and a Schimmel studio. Not to bad for being a sicko.

6 at a college followed by a private tuning. The marathon continues...

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My FB friend sent this 102 keys piano link. I find it interesting.
Tuned an upright in extremly cold room, so I had to go for a recover after that.

Tuned a Baldwin Studio upright for a church this morning, a Baldwin Ellington large upright for an individual. Then drove out in the boonies to look at and possibly tune an old upright.

Turned out to be an old Beckwith upright built in 1919 with major troubles. Treble bridge is cracking and breaking everywhere with some of the pins in the bottom of the piano, you can see part of the pin block and it is cracked and several pins are loose, and the sound board is coming apart. Also had one hammer shank broken at the butt and one broken pedal.

Had to turn that job down, just too much wrong.

Maybe Sears will take it back?

7 more at the college, 1 private tuning. College marathon is winding down! Few more days...

Think their warranty might still be valid?

Yaaaaawnnnnn, sleeping in today..... First tuning at 10:30. Then, off to the college to get done, oh, maybe 3, if I feel up to it today...... hehehe. I have about 39 to go yet. Don't want to over work myself now, do I????

Had to put my IT hat on today and try to resolve wifes PC. Did a full scan and it shut it self down and now won't turn back on...Jer, looks like it might be trying to out do ya...haha. Dell is coming out tomorrow to service... boy is she going to be livid when she gets home... Medical Transcriptionist...24 hr turn around...not today!!!

oh boy, look for fireworks in the A2 area...

You mean like this Les???

yea...it's going to look like that...omg I think it's the Mother Board ...

A Wurlitzer spinet side gluing problem! Other than the usual cleaning, tightening and regulation problems of a 40+ year old Wurlitzer spinet may have, this piano had become totally separated from its sides. The action itself was the only thing holding it together.

It was a childhood piano, the one that the customer loved. Although the cost of repairs exceeded greatly its market value as it was, zero to say the least, the customer opted for the repairs that would make it whole and playable again.

The repairs and usual regulation, hammer filing and alignment saved a precious family treasure. The piano now plays as the manufacturer originally intended. Although the cost of repairs exceeded greatly the value of the instrument as it was, zero, the instrument was resurrected and will perform as intended for the rest of the customer's life with usual service.

I truly believe that soon, these disregarded pieces of American craftsmanship will become treasures.

These will become the bread and butter of many piano technicians in the next 30-50 years. Rather than something shunned, they will be what the consumer wants and will pay a handsome fee to be maintained.

Tuned a Walter console, almost new, and a brand new Kawai k-3. I like both pianos quite a bit. Then it was off to see a Wurly console in pretty nice shape to fix a note that wasn't repeating and replaced the jack spring, which was broken.

Did 7 more at the college + 1 private tuning. A few more days and this college will be wrapped up!

A clients S+S "B" w/PDS 228+ had a large hour glass that (was) on the side of the music desk, fell onto the plate and broke. The client used a shop vac to suck out what sand they could but not enough. This sand is so fine that it got into everything. The P-disc solenoids are usless as the sand has seized them all. It is also affecting the damper guide rail bushings on all but the bass section. The sand is into everything! The only way I can get all this sand out is to roll the piano and blow compressed air until evety speck of the sand is gone. This is the worst spill of any kind I've dealt with including water. What a mess.

Meaningful things are appropriate in forums, but don't get too ahead of yourself. You've been temporarily banned in the past here for comments that are on the less meaningful, more innaproprite side of things.

Besides, coming on here and praising yourself for lightening a spinet owners wallet for work that costs more than the instrument is worth...regardless of the owners wishes to do so... how is this meaningful, pray tell?

6 at the college and 2 private tunings. Tomorrow is the end of college #3 (if the weather cooperates, that is!).

We've had conversations about this in PM's. When the MODERATORS have felt Bill (or anyone as you are about to find out) have been out of line we have addressed it.

You won't give Bill the chance to behave. You're just waiting to jump up his butt and I for one am tired of it. I told you before that instigating is just as bad in our eyes.

A Kranich & Bach small grand reconditioning with the help of an aspiring PTG Associate whom I already feel is capable of passing all exams. We used the wound string cleaning and polishing technique which was written up here and in the PTG Journal in past years.

The wound strings and the entire soundboard and plain wire strings appeared dirty and dark. The wound strings were dead, rattling and tubby, especially among the single double wound strings in the low Bass. Polishing with a wire wheel for most of it and finishing off the tight spots with a Dremel tool (and mini wire wheel) proved once again that this technique is the most effective in rejuvenating old wound strings.

The polishing only takes about an hour and with a single turn twist to the strings, the Bass strings came to life again without a single rattle or tubby sound to them. They also looked great! (Nearly like new strings). The plain wire was scrubbed with a Scotch Bright pad and they looked nearly like new too. The tone showed definite improvement from the cleaning and polishing.

Even though the piano was quite old, the hammers had little wear. A good re-shaping and basic regulation along with alignment and flange tightening brought this piano back to life for the young student who plays it.

The customer paid the quoted price and gave a handsome tip to both of us because we did run a little late but the piano looked so beautifully clean and sounded so good when we finished. The lady also said it smelled so fresh and clean which to her, meant more than anything else.

Dark, sick sounding and ugly to fresh, sweet smelling and shiny like new in a day's work. The smile upon the face of the 11 year old who plays very well was worth it all!