Jumpy strings?

[Greg Newell]

Don,
    I thank you for your post but what I'm really trying to do is understand
why the problem is there. I'm sure there are many remedies that would mask it
for a time but
what caused it in the first place? Admittedly I didn't check as closely as I
should have but I was hoping that someone would have run into this before and
have a quick answer.

Greg

Don wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> Try some protec cpl on the bearing surfaces. It will allow you to stabilize
> the piano--so far as I know you will need to repeat the treatment on each
> visit. It may take less as time goes on.
>
> At 01:16 PM 3/30/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi again,
> >    Have any of you ever run into jumpy string? I've been tuning a
> >Steinway B in a music school for quite a few years now and it's finally
> >getting to the point where it's almost impossible to tune. Much of this
> >depends on my mood too as to whether or not I want to screw with it.
> >Just like jumpy pins you are nearing the point where you want the string
> >and it jumpy too high or too low. The pin does, however, turn smoothly.
> >I've tried teflon powder on the understring felt and other lubes at the
> >agraffe to no avail. The feedback I get from my trusty rosewood tuning
> >hammer says that the problem is near me not at the other end of the
> >string. I hear something like ticks with the pitch rising if you can
> >imagine that. Any ideas? I'm thinking restringing here if the school can
> >get a grant for the money. I'm fairly sure that would cure the problem,
> >I'd just like to understand it a little better. Feel free to share any
> >insights, s.w.a.g. 's or the like.
> >        Greg Newell
> >
> >
> >
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
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