Ray and List, Boy, I was just about to compose a post on this very topic, but Ray beat me to it. Maybe all the responses will be helpful to both of us. I tuned a 1983 Steinway L a couple of weeks ago that appeared to have been well taken care of prior to a four-year lapse in tuning. I did a 16 cent pitch raise and as I raised the pitch in the tenor section, note for note, the strings began to jangle and vibrate and sound absolutely horrid. I thought, at first that maybe the problem was with the bridge pins. But later came back to the agraffes. I lifted, shifted, prodded and prayed over each one and could not create any appreciable change. Are there any other tricks I might try short of removing all of these strings and dealing with the agraffes that way? Could this be due to the kink in the wire from the piano having set below pitch for that four year period? Could it be from someone over-zealously lifting the strings and introducing a kink? Help! Jeannie Jeannie Grassi, RPT mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ray Bentley Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 9:58 AM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Friction/Buzz at Agraffes Has anyone else found strings to buzz at the agraffe? I have a piano that seems to. I can usually stop the buzz by raising and lowering the pitch, thereby moving the string back and forth through the agraffe. These strings also pop loose at the agraffe during tuning. It doesn't seem to matter how long it has been since the previous tuning, they still pop during tuning. Has anyone tried clp or something else there with success. Also there are a few pianos that don't render well. That is, the friction at the capo bar is such that when you pull a string up, it continues to raise with firm blows, and vice versa. Any cure for this? Thanks to all. Ray T. Bentley, RPT Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey, IL
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