Tied bass string, will it break?

[Richard Moody]

Thanks Jim, 
	I must have missed the discussion of hammer technique, thinking it meant impact
hammer, (which I don't use) instead of impact technique. However if you would like
to elucidate, I am sure we would be more than grateful.  Is it like "nudging" or the
"motorcycle throttle" motion?  That seemed to be what you used to clean a unison to
the point that surprised me. ---ric
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> From: Jim Coleman, Sr. <pianotoo@imap2.asu.edu>
> To: Richard Moody <remoody@easnet.net>
> Cc: piano tech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: Tied bass string,  will it break?
> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 12:01 PM
> 
> HI Richard:
> 
> I've tied many bass strings. The one thing that makes the greatest 
> difference as to whether it breaks or not is the way it is pulled up.
> On a vertical piano use a tuning hammer position at 2:00 O'clock. This
> causes a lowering of tension at the very moment when the pin actually
> turns in the pinblock (the pin is crowded down tighter in the cradle of
> the pinblock hole as the pin is rotated. It then springs back up, raising
> the pitch without the added stress of the bend at the coil). Using an impact
> method of hammer techniques which has been explained adequately on this
> list lately is very important. If you were working on a grand, you would
> likewise use a 10:00 O'Clock position to accomplish the same thing.
> 
> Jim Coleman, Sr.
> 
> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Richard Moody wrote:
> 
> > 	
> > 	I am servicing an Emerson upright from 1890.  In raising to pitch a half
step(to
> > 438 hoping for 435) , one bass string broke.  The first single going down in the
> > bass.