Pianos, piano tuners and their problems:
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Janus Publ. Co.
1996
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| Physical Description: | XIII, 208 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 1857562151 |
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| adam_text | PIANOS,
PIANO TUNERS
AND THEIR PROBLEMS
GEORGE W BOOTH
JANUS PUBLISHING COMPANY
London, England
CONTENTS
Introduction
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 CASE HISTORIES
Split wrestplank
Broken hammer shanks
Bliithner grand 1934 sticking notes
Over-enthusiastic use of glue
Signs of damp
Signs of mice in upright pianos
Mouse damage in grand pianos
Warped lock rail or key slip
Steinway grand 1921, noisy pedals
Steinway upright 1894, tuning problem
Steinway upright 1937 wear problem
Dagmar upright 1978, noisy keys
AMYL grand, sticking notes
Challen upright 1936, faint wire sounds
Loose hammer heads
The Brasso man
2 REPAIRS
Chatter: cause and effect
Split bass bridge
Water damage
Dog-leg key repair
Grand leg repair
Coated steel strings
Synthetic key coverings
Refacing/ Reshaping of hammer heads
Respacine/Adiustment of hammer travel
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xi
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Vi PIANOS, PIANO TUNERS AND THEIR PROBLEMS
3 D TYPE SPRING AND LOOP GRAND PIANO
ACTIONS 45
Poor quality materials 45
Warped key slip or lock rail 46
Repairing broken loops 47
Pedal adjustment 48
Loose flange rails (beams) 49
Alignment of flange rails (beams) 49
Variations on a theme 51
4 MINIATURE PIANOS 55
Eavestaff Minipiano 1936 Tuning 55
Access to the action 58
Eavestaff Minipiano 1937 61
Access to the action 61
Eavestaff Minipiano Royal 1939 63
Access to the action 64
Eavestaff Minipiano Royal 1957 66
Access to the action 66
Allison upright 1939 68
Access to the action 69
Kemble Minx upright piano 1959 70
Access for repair 70
Access to the pedal mechanism 70
5 UNUSUAL AND SPECIALIST INSTRUMENTS 73
F Menzel upright 1890 73
Pleyel Wolf Lyon grand 1902 75
Lindner upright 1970 77
Marshall amp; Rose grand 1936 78
Bluthner upright 1882 tail-less jack 80
Bord upright 1894 81
Gustaf Weischel, Elberhudt 84
Haake grand 1890 87
Julius Bluthner Aliquot Patent grand 1913 90
Bluthner Hopper action 91
6 PIANOS WITH PROBLEMS FROM NEW 95
Alexander Herrmann upright 1970 95
Challen upright 1976 97
Daewoo Royalle grand 1988 Renner Action 100
Kemble upright 1988 102
Bentley upright 1964 Richard Check Action 103
Willhelm Steinman upright 1987 106
CONTENTS VU
Daewood upright new 1990
Starr upright 1987
HUMIDITY
Sames upright 1910
Waddington upright 1920
Monington amp; Weston upright 1930
Bechstein upright 1900
Steinway grand Model B 1971
Yamaha upright Model U1A 1986
Bechstein upright 1882
Bechstein upright 1905
TUNING: ADDING THE PROFESSIONAL TOUCH
Self-inflicted problems
Design problems within the bearing
Bass tuning problems
Treble tuning problems
The tuning wedge
Sympathetic vibration
Use of the small tuning head
Electronic tuning aids
Playing-to-tuning ratio
Keyboard temperaments
Equal temperament
The interval
Search the bearing for error
The laws of octave balance
Speed test
Octave stretch
Hearing focus
Bass tuning
Pythagorean tuning
Pitch
Earliest Pythagorean intonation
Chasing the wolf
Meantone temperaments
Scale (1)
Scale (3)
Scale (2)
Irregular meantone temperament
Temperament Ordinaire
Vlll PIANOS, PIANO TUNERS AND THEIR PROBLEMS
9 SETTING UP THE BUSINESS
Presentation
Customer relations
Range of tools carried
Castors and grand trolley frames
Tuning charges
Area of operation
Cost of operation
Loss of earnings insurance
Medical cover
Retirement pension payments
Public and products liability insurance
Telephone amp; answerphone
Advertising
Secretarial time
Accountancy
Income tax
Holidays
Peaks amp; troughs
Bibliography
Index
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