[CAUT] Restringing only capo sections

[Jim Busby]

Paul,

If you do a whole section it's easier to dress the v-bar.
Good luck!

Best,
Jim

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:55 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Restringing only capo sections

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


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Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu>

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08/23/2010 12:54 PM

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Re: [CAUT] Restringing only capo sections


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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
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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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