At 09:06 PM 4/6/97 -0400, you wrote: <snip> > I personally think that the straightening of the wire's slight meniscus in >front of the bridgepin is responsible for much of the drop. An improvement >in the phase relationships of the strings seems as obvious to my ears as the >difference made when the three strings of a trichord are leveled. ( as well, >imho, it should. We are talking about evening the restorative forces in the >strings here, just like the Robinson "Straight-Mate" is designed to do under >the capo and agraffes, no?) > The difference in clarity and the lack of falsebeats for long periods >of time, take this treatment out of the emergency category for me. It is >standard operating procedure. > >Regards, > >Ed Foote >Precision Piano Works >Nashville, Tn. > >{ hope that don't look like a rant, there sure have been some dang sensitive >people on this list, of late. (:)}} > Ed, Excellent point. As usual, I didn't go into enough detail. As a first time thing, done as you describe, it's a good finishing touch on a newer piano that never got the final prep. I have talked to too many techs who do this with a lot more enthusiasm, and on nearly every tuning. The point I didn't make but meant to is that it's not a magic bullet cure for loose bridge pins, mis-notching, etc. It's also very definately not a case of strings riding up on bridge pins! If this initial seating takes care of th e problem the first time, and for a long time, it was a good fix. If it needs done each time the piano is tuned, you're fixing the wrong problem. I think that's what I mean. How can one be sure if one is confused? Incidentally, your reply was so devoid of rant, I thought my Rant Meter was broken. Kind of spooky. <G> Ron Nossaman
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