>Gentlemen, >I tune several Baldwin grands - model L and they all have a tick/click at >every >agraff as you begin to move the tuning pin. This tick/click sometimes can b= e >heard and sometimes can only be felt. > >The string goes quite sharp as you flex the pin and hear the tick ( usually >this brings the string up to almost the correct pitch) > >After the initial flexing of the pin and the tick or click as the string >breaks free at the agraff, the pin tunes normally... > >Thanks >Bill Carmichael RPT >Memphis,Tn I take care of one older Baldwin D that only receives tunings every so often and have experienced the same phenomina (tick/click thing). It is disconcerting to say the least. Well, because of another post earlier this month, I applied Protek to that area Joel Rappaport mentioned today, "...the stringing felt between agraffe and tuning pin..." It made a big difference! Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
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