[CAUT] Pitch drops on individual strings

[Cy Shuster]

Thanks, Ron.  In my limited experience, it seems that string settling is an 
issue primarily in the upper few octaves in pianos generally (perhaps 
because a small shift is a big percentage of short strings?).  Is that your 
experience, too?

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pitch drops on individual strings


> I don't think that has much to do with it at all. I've noticed this sort 
> of thing with Yamahas for a long time now. Tuning these pianos, I've found 
> that a firm rap on the key will very often result in an unusually dramatic 
> pitch drop. Tuning in a more usually non-violent manner that will usually 
> suffice with other pianos, in my experience, will leave the Yamaha in a 
> less stable condition. There seems to be an increased tendency for the 
> string to render through the bridge pins easily in these pianos, so you 
> have to encourage the tendency by whacking them at least once to force the 
> issue.