Michelle "Very" Stranges: <I vote that the bridge was maybe kinda sorta doing something rather "funny", yaknowwhatimean??> God help me, but I think I do :-). Actually, this is the closest to being right, though I'm not sure I can award you my planned 20 Bonus Points without something a bit more specific. It seems to me you did pretty well on guessing a mystery problem awhile back, too. JeffO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Stranges" <stranges@Oswego.EDU> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Case of the mysteriously breaking treble strings >I vote that the bridge was maybe kinda sorta doing something rather >"funny", yaknowwhatimean?? > > :) > > (Sorry - just got out of a (di)faculty meeting... more like an episode of > Romper Room...) > > Sheesh!! > > :( > Michelle > > On Oct 5, 2005, at 8:24 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > >> JeffO, >> >> You didn't say _where_ they broke, did you? >> >> Were the pins driven so far that the string rode up and over the lowest >> coil and broke at that point? >> >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jeff Olson [mailto:jlolson@cal.net] >>> Sent: 04 October 2005 22:44 >>> To: College and University Technicians >>> Subject: [CAUT] Case of the mysteriously breaking treble strings >>> >>> Speaking of UFOs, I was having trouble identifying the cause for a >>> stubbornly breaking treble string in the high treble of an older >>> upright. >>> >>> It began with one string that broke twice. The first time, I assumed >>> I'd >>> nicked it or something installation. The second time, I wondered if it >>> was >>> hanging up on something. But I'd cleaned and polished the pressure >>> bar, and >>> I didn't spot anything abrasive on the bridge or harp. >>> >>> Then, as I started chipping the piano to pitch, several more strings >>> broke >>> in the high treble (#13). I decided to measure the wire, though it was >>> coming fresh out of a new packet (Roslau), and was surprised that the >>> labeled 13 was actually 13 1/2. That seemed odd, but not likely to >>> explain >>> the breakage. In any case, I switched to 13 -- actually micced it this >>> time -- and the strings still broke. >>> >>> Then, finally, I figured it out. Any ideas about what the "mystery >>> cause" >>> was? >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> JeffO >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Conrad Hoffsommer >> I tried to get a life once, but they were all out of stock. >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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