Philosophy
- See pianos as a whole
- Higher up the totem pole, the better the experience
- Respect the maker
- Bring tone and touch out by removing blocks
- This profession has its share of challenges and rewards
- Actively develop your aural acuity
- Don’t wait for experience to teach you
- Do no harm
- Work (accept) what you have to work with
Doing
- No teflon powder
- travel (round file for Steinway)
- None of this works by formula – you have to make it your own
- Not just better than…A LOT better than
- Hammers are all different
- Have just the right number of tools
Tools
- knuck jac
- screwdrivers
- pliers
- glue
- home depot
- front rail punchings
- more than 1 light
- heat
Skills
- String replace
- no to 3 fingers – start with 7 cm
- splice
- repin
- hammer shank
- leg jack
- https://www.ptg.org/education
Roadmap
- Clean and freshen
- vacuum
- lube (sparingly)
- keybed
- action shim?
- Tone enhancers
- travel / align
- jack position
- blow
- spring
- dip
- Tone Killers
- UPSTOP RAIL!
- shanks on cushions
- early spring compression
- shallow dip
- Voicing
- paddle shaping
- shorten string grooves
- make grooves less deep
- leave small grooves (if correctly aligned)
- tools
- Where’s Waldo – good and bad
- voicing board/block
- paddle shaping