[CAUT] Restringing only capo sections

[Paul T Williams]

Thanks, Susan, Fred and Jim!  I'll do just that. String away. I do like 
the 6 or 8 string at a time thing.  Maybe I'm just paranoid of a plate 
cracking.  It' a Steinway from 60's. 

Any problem with plate stability in that era??  Sure a lot of other 
problems though? not a straight line of wip holes to be found, but the 
hammer flange holes are good.  Who did this stuff, Mon? It must have been 
the ganja!

Best,
Paul




From:
Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu>
To:
"caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org>
Date:
08/23/2010 12:54 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Restringing only capo sections



Paul,
 
We do it all the time. Nothing bad has ever happened. I ditto what Susan 
and Fred said.
 
Jim Busby
 
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of 
Susan Kline
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 11:49 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Restringing only capo sections
 
On 8/23/2010 10:35 AM, Paul T Williams wrote: 
Is it advisable to lower tension on the whole piano before removing the 
old strings from the top two sections?  I'm thinking yes so as to not 
adversely stress the plate. It's had many replaced strings in that area 
and lots of false beats. The lower sections are fine and clear....so, why 
mess with it? 
Why take all the strings off at once? If you just do sections of five or 
six notes, then remove the wire from the next five or six, the plate won't 
get stressed. And I find it better to change tasks every once in awhile, 
instead of having to do the whole of each task at once. Less boring and 
tiring, swapping back and forth.

I wouldn't release any tension on the other sections. 

And I think that restringing the parts which go bad instead of the whole 
piano is appropriate, given work loads and budgets these days. 

Susan Kline 

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