Just experienced my first intermission applause after trying to fix a pedal on a S brand D. I'll tell you my mistake at the end. I was not the tech preparing the pianos but he was not there and the stage manager knew I was in the audience. Found me and said the player was complaining of a loose sustaine pedal. I crawled underneath with borrowed tools, took ip a little slack in lost motion, tightened lyre. I had asked him before I went under if he could get more specific. Came back and told me the pedal was wobbly. AhHa, sideways motion. There was a little. I told him I could not fix that right then. 😢.
My mistake? I had not asked him how much time I had available. I could have pulled the pedals out.
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Larry Messerly, RPT
Bringing Harmony to Homes
www.lacrossepianotuning.comljmesserly@gmail.com928-899-7292
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