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		<title>Redoing Grand Back Checks (Winter 2006 Mpt Journal)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times you may just want to recover grand back checks with new buckskin, but other times you will want to replace the back check and wire, because the wire has weakened with age. In those cases, you need to safely remove each old back check and wire with minimal damage to the key,<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterpianotechnicians.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14770363&amp;post=140&amp;subd=masterpianotechnicians&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preliminaries to Grand Regulation (with efficiency in mind)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2010 in review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Warped Brackets on Young Chang / Weber Pianos Grands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eric Michael Roberts &#8211; Web Master MPT I just replaced the action brackets on a weber grand from 1990&#8242;s.  As mentioned before in MPT convention it was discovered that the action brackets were swelling due to a poor alloy mixture during the manufacturing process. and you can not regulate that out of it.  By [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterpianotechnicians.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14770363&amp;post=106&amp;subd=masterpianotechnicians&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Key to Action Restoration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>8chordsonline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vince Mrykalo, Technical Editor Spring/Summer 2008 MPT Journal An often overlooked facet of action work is thorough key restoration.  Let’s look closely at what makes up thorough key work.  If you are confronted with a worn out action, you can bet dollars to doughnuts that at least the keys need to be rebushed, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterpianotechnicians.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14770363&amp;post=86&amp;subd=masterpianotechnicians&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Efficiency in Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>8chordsonline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vince Mrykalo, Technical Editor From a recent MPT journal article This issue I want to talk about is efficiency in your work, whether it is home service or rebuilding in the shop. There are just so many hours in the day, and you cannot thrive very well if too many of those hours are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterpianotechnicians.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14770363&amp;post=71&amp;subd=masterpianotechnicians&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the MPT Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You will find articles from MPT contributors and information about the MPT.  Our most recent posts are displayed on this page.  Search the blog at the upper left or click on the category you would like to read about on the left side bar.  This blog contains articles, news and blogs for the professional piano [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masterpianotechnicians.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14770363&amp;post=60&amp;subd=masterpianotechnicians&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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