Ok, maybe Kara will be the only one who knows what I am talking about, but I got the call today for my Powell. The repairman is 4 1/2 hours away from where I live so I can't get there until friday and I have to take the bus, BUT I AM GETTING MY POWELL BACK and hopefully it will be perfect. I never thought this day will come. I sent it away the first week of Sept.
That is so great! I am sure you can't wait to play it again. Please let us know what you think of it when you do get it back. I know I was practically climbing the wall the last time I sent out my Powell and that was only for a week. Congrats!
That took FOREVER! Even the busiest of techs in the SoCal and Denver areas have about a 2 or 3 week turnaround. Congrats on finally getting it back! I just got my Tom Green and my concert picc back from my tech, and they play beautifully (and quietly) again now! It's amazing what a good tech can do!
he did 23 hours worth of work but he only works 2 hours/day 5 days a week and mine is not the only instrument he is working on. It had complete overhaul and new straubinger pads put on (it already had straub pads because that is what it came with, but they were the old style apparently)
he did 23 hours worth of work but he only works 2 hours/day 5 days a week and mine is not the only instrument he is working on.
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i feel like doing math since i had a test today and having three band re-hearsal between classes.
2 HOURS multiplied by 5 DAYS (2h x 5d)
= 10 hours in his working week without overtime. (10h/d)
23 HOURS (amount of time spent on flute) divided by 10 hours (of working time without overtime) (23h : 10h/d)
= 2 full days and 3 hours of working time on the flute. (mathematical figures here)
= plus the amount of time of the repairer also fixing other instruments. say 2 days each? and the amount of instruments being repaired... equals what?
...? .... i mustve spammed this post instead....
y dont u just tell us how long u waited instead??
my brain hurts now....
"= 2 full days and 3 hours of working time on the flute. (mathematical figures here)"
Actually
= 2 full work Weeks and 3 hours of working time on the flute. IF the guy didn't have other instruments to work on.
If he did, there's no way of estimating the amount of down time for this player. Say for example there is another two flutes in for overhauls. That would mean that almost seven weeks were taken on the three of them. One problem is that when a teckie is working on instruments, he may set one pad/cork on one flute and then go to something on another instrument. If this is so, the actual amount of time then on one instrument isn't accurately assessed. Only estimated like they do at the car dealer's garage at best.
"...he may set one pad/cork on one flute and then go to something on another instrument...."
That sound a bit strange! I can't imagine any tech doing that.
Perhaps a full overhaul/repad/adjust, and then put aside to settle for a while, and perhaps work on another instrument, before checking adjustments. But not pad by pad with interruptions of other work. Far too disjointed and inefficient way to work! For me anyway.
the tone is so much more resonate than the yamaha 481 backup I have been paying. And there is like no resistance..the high notes are so easy to get out! The low register is glorious (I have a strong sound in low register anyways, so this just makes it amazing)
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It is like having a new flute..beautiful!!