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Gotta wonder if this guy ever heard of piano supply houses. web page

Not tied to the butt, but to the let-off screw!!!!

This is EXACTLY why real supply houses don't deal with DIYers.

That would be funny, if it wasnt so pathetic!!

I'm still trying to figure what that design accomplishes...nuttin.

Supply, why do you assume that whoever did this is a DIY and not a real tech. Maybe s/he was in a hurry that particular day.

Also, I would think that any DIY could obtain most any piano part/supply imaginable through the internet. Business is business and money is money.

Best regards,

Rick

Well I looked at the picture,………. good for a couple of nightmares anyways…..

To wax that thread and stick all of those on would take an incredible amount of time. Even if the thread was already waxed, a lot longer than the proper repair. A good piano technician would know this.

Someone that completes this type of repair, in this fashion, for myself, I would not consider this a qualified technical repair. This is a band aid, and not a very good one either.

Interesting comment about the DIY’ers finding parts. It would seem that many of them are un-able to locate the correct parts Rickster, which is why a lot of them end up here looking for guidance.

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I'm a little confused here Mister Silverwood. Wax and thread? They are regular twist ties for garbage bags. Imagine the time and effort put in to accomplish disaster. The whippen is tied to the let-off screw!!!! Has to be a DIYer, and now I get paid to fix it!!!

Oh ok, it looked like waxed heavy cotton thread, on this screen. Not on my home computer right now….

Yes I like the part where it is attached for sure…. Good job there accordeur……

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No tech, even using the word loosely, would do something like that!!! The picture has DIY'er written all over it...you just need to know how to read it.

Okay, guy’s, I was just funnin a little with Jurgen . You all are right, of course. But you’ve got to give them an A for effort and a C creativity, if an F for results.

Besides, I’m no longer a DIY since I’ve tuned a piano that’s not mine. (Even if I did it for free. )

Take care,

Rick

It's called job security boyz.

Agreed, Sam...some of my best customers WERE DIYers.

I'll bet the guy even lifted the twist ties from the grocery store.

Nice pic of an ugly subject, accordeur.

I've seen a lot of that sort of stuff here too. Obviously, they have no clue what the let off button is for or that someone, someday, will need to turn it.

It's sad when they don't bother finding out how to properly do it first.

I don't know why people are so critical. It was a valiant attempt but, alas, lacked a basic understanding of how the action functioned. I remember the first time I saw a piano action and thought "how in the WORLD did they come up with this crazy looking contraption!?".

Like the thread about clients tuning their own pianos, the client is taking all the risk, their experience will increase their respect for our trade and it will likely gain us more business? I don't see a problem

I agree, when I first saw this, I was actually impressed with the persons creativity, however misguided. Creates more work and respect for us pros.

You never see a problem with it Ryan. 99% of the rest of us do. You have your opinion of it, I have mine and mine does not agree with yours.

You are right, Ricky.
Chances are some internet supplier sold the guy the twist ties in the first place!

I see absolutely nothing valiant about it Ryan. I guess some people would smell a stinky toilet and think is smells nice.

The word "valiant" to me signifies some noble effort; something of value.

Yes, a piano action can be quite charming and can be overwhelming to the untrain eye. But to give credence to an effort like the one in that photo is not valiant nor does it give any degree of credibility to the one who did it or to the one who thinks it's a valiant effort!!!

Looking at the picture again, is also seems that the perpetrator not only turned the let-off screws so that the eyes are all neatly oriented in a straight line, the let-off screws are also screwed all the way down to the rail.

I'm sure the action had an interesting feel to it.
At least there would be no blocking hammers...

I've been wondering what is in that white box with a piano keyboard pic on the side...
The address on the box is....... .....NOPHILE, Brossard J4Y 2Z2, Canada....

Could this be Canada's secret weapon in piano technology advancement?.....Canadian twisty ties....Why didn't we think if it...?

What IS that box????