Removing Bass Strings

[Jeannie Grassi]

Dave,
I asked a similar question a few months ago about restringing just the
bass on a fairly new Kawai grand.  The majority of the responses that
I got from the List back then said not to worry about lowering the
tension on the rest of the piano.

So, I didn't worry.  The job went well.  The piano is fine and once
again the tuning is stable.

Jeannie Grassi, RPT
mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net
Bainbridge Island, WA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org
> [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of PDtek@AOL.COM
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:54 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Removing Bass Strings
>
>
>
> I believe this subject has been discussed before but I can't
> remember what the
> consensus is.
>
> Is it safe to remove the bass strings without lowering the
> tension on the rest
> of the scale?
>
> I have done this before with no problem on a couple of old
> uprights but this
> is a Baldwin SF-10.
>
> Dave Bunch
>