Tuning problems

[DICK BEATON]

Glenn....you were probably trying to pitch raise and tune in the same pass.
 You need to have the piano near pitch before you can tune it properly.  ..
Dick RPT SAT user

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> From: Glen_Deligdisch@sil.org
> To: Pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: Tuning problems
> Date: Sunday, May 11, 1997 11:00 PM
>
>      Dear Pianotech list,
>
>      I tried to tune a Wurlitzer last week and ran into a nightmare.
>
>      The problem showed up while setting up the temperament and then
lasted
>      throughout the rest of the tuning on the steel strings only.  I
muted
>      off the piano and was setting the temperament on the center strings.

>      Then I would tune the outside strings to bring in the unisons.  I
>      muted again just to listen to the temperament and it was wrong.  I
>      repeated paying more attention and had the same results.  I then
>      experimented a little.
>
>      What I found was, I could set the middle string and then bring in
the
>      outside string that was not shared with the middle string over the
>      hitch pin.  I would then bring the shared outside string into unison

>      with the middle string and both would be different from the unshared

>      outside string.
>
>      I looked at the hitch pins and noted that they were a massive 3/16
>      inch in diameter instead of the normal 1/8 inch that I see in other
>      pianos.  My conclusion was that the string must be slipping around
the
>      hitch pin which really presented me with a dilemma.  This was not a
>      isolated problem, there were many that did the same thing so that I
>      really felt quite bad about the tuning.
>
>      Do others of you think my conclusion is correct?
>
>      How does one tune a piano with this kind of a problem?
>
>      I am a new technician and would appreciate any advise you all can
>      give.
>
>      Thanks,
>
>      Glen
>
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