[CAUT] Flight of the Broken Bass Sting? (was:: Adams 1/4 tonesharppiano)

[Robin Blankenship]

Chris, that fullsome finis on the floor would be fractally ficticious fulminations of "Oppuknockity Tunes But Once"????

Robin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Solliday 
  To: College and University Technicians 
  Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Flight of the Broken Bass Sting? (was:: Adams 1/4 tonesharppiano)


  Pop away but wear protective gear. I have seen these slings fly ten feet and then hit a wall making a good lookin gouge and when the piano has been closer to the wall there was a momentary imbeding before falling to the floor leaving a serious hole and me full of abba abba for the customer. then there is the story and mind you I haven't been able to confirm 3 sources but this guy was left in the hall after the evening concert to touch up for the next days event. Alone with a 9 footer at midnight and a broken hitch pin sent a bass string hurtling to his jugular vein. Found the next day in a pool of blood he had managed to scribble in blood the cryptic letters
  "Oppo   k no  c     ie   tu  s  n  mor  "
  Serious stuff. It happens, so take care.
  Chris Solliday 

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Jeff Olson 
    To: College and University Technicians 
    Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:01 AM
    Subject: [CAUT] Flight of the Broken Bass Sting? (was:: Adams 1/4 tone sharppiano)


    I've broken a lot of grand piano bass strings -- always the string and/or piano's fault, I assure you! -- and must confess to never having observed them flying free of the piano.  I remember one snapping back in my general direction once when the hitch loop snapped, but it never quite made it to my face, strinking (I think) the top of the partly opened lid before that.

    On the theory that confession's good for the soul, I suppose I should also admit that I have trouble visualizing a bass string flying free in the manner that seems to hold such terror on this list.  Seems like there's a fair number of obstacles to doing that, and I'm not sure that a bass string possesses the kind of mass/elastic energy -- or whatever physics/technical term applies -- to achieve such flight in any case.

    But as someone who humbly bows before simple empirical fact, at least when one slaps me in the face, I would certainly defer to those who've personally witnessed a bass string take majestic flight from a grand piano.  Any chance someone here might describe such an event?  (I've got an old grand I'm seriously considering popping some strings on for experimental purposes.)

    Best,

    Jeff
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Andrew Anderson 
      To: College and University Technicians 
      Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:21 PM
      Subject: Re: [CAUT] Adams 1/4 tone sharp piano


      Jeff,
      I was thinking that if I got stuck with one of these jobs I'd run truck straps over the piano to restrain any flying strings and than seriously suggest leaving them there. ;-)

      Andrew Anderson

      At 11:23 AM 3/24/2006, you wrote:


        On Mar 24, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Wolfley, Eric ((wolfleel)) wrote:


          Alan, in answer to your question about how sharp I would tune I would say 50 cents! It wouldn't make any sense to de-tune more...a semitone is just a transposition. Any less or more than a quarter-tone (sharp or flat) would diminish the effect.



        Ok, here's a suggestion that sounds like a dumb southerner might suggest, that should reduce risk of all this.

        How about LOWERING the pitch 50 cents and transposing 1/2 step sharp?

        Jeff




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