[CAUT] restringing problems

tnrwim at aol.com tnrwim at aol.com
Mon Nov 8 12:30:30 MST 2010


Richard.  Is this a new coil of string? I wonder if the string is faulty. Don't know what it could be, but maybe someone else will know the answer.

Wim






-----Original Message-----
From: rwest1 <rwest1 at unl.edu>
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:11 pm
Subject: [CAUT] restringing problems


Several weeks ago I was hired to restring a Knabe grand (around 5' 6"  
r so) that was around 100 years old.  Everything went fine, but  
here's one area that will not stabilize--F#6 to b flat 6, all size  
4 wire.  I've tuned the piano several times, but I keep having to go  
ack to the aforementioned area to clean up the unisons that have  
one flat, some by a considerable amount.
The pins are tight.  The coils are tight.  The beckets are good.  I  
elieve the bridge pins are solid (I used fresh Dryburgh superglue).   
late bolts are solid.  I tuned the piano again today and it seemed  
hat things might hold this time, but I'm looking for suggestions in  
ase those notes go crazy again.  The notes above and below are  
tabilizing about as I would expect with a restringing.  I'll be  
oing back in 2 weeks to check.  If the problem involved only one  
ote/string, I'd just replace the string and see if that was the  
ure.  But there are several strings on several notes.
I've restrung many pianos over the years and never had a problem like  
his.  What's going on?
Richard West




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