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HiFumbler - tried to get the guy to come out - offered air fares and to put him up for a week - but apparently too busy.

Rob

Barrie - I took the action out again today - and wonder if you might be right about it al having moved - the piano sounded better when I pushed the action back in. but still terrible clatter. What the hell woud cause the hammer to be catching on the check again - two of them, in fact! But I have bee...

Barrie - no sideways movement at all - but a few of the checks seem to have moved forward catching the hammers on the way up again. The actions ir firm on the frame - but a hell of a lot of noise and from the action in movemnt, and - of course - uneven right through. Will let the sea breeze blow all...

Barrie - thanks again - will take out the action and try and follow your instructons. This piano played well for an olden - before the work and te move out here - just had tired strings and needed new hammers. It's an old piano, of course, but it's soundboard is fine, and it remains full of life. Do...

Tuna - thanks for your response - I am not happy about the standard of work here on Malta - a guy tuned for a concert for me a few weeks back - supposed to be THE one here - it was a Yamaha - big do with the President and invited guests. When I tried the piano it was not properly tuned - some badly ...

Hi - I'm on Malta - Barrie - that's interesting about drying out - thought i might have been the opposite as its damp here during the winter months particularly

I recently had my model V Bechstein overhauled - rehammered and restrung - in England and had it shipped out to me. The restorer reckoned it one of the best Bechsteins he had ever worked on. But it arrived in unplayable state - a dozen or so hammers jamming in the treble - I had to adjust the checks...