Jumpy strings?

[Greg Newell]

Good advise! I don't use sprays but the possibility still exists with liquid.

Greg

Piano Services Tech Dept wrote:

> Greg,
> Just a word of caution. Be careful what you spray on the strings. I came
> across a piano which a tuner sprayed WD-40 on the strings over the pressure
> bar felt before the agraffes. It traveled back to the tuning pins, down into
> the tuning pin holes and the T pins were slipping. We had to restring this
> 12 year old Steinway L and ream out the holes to get to fresh wood. A real
> shame.
>
> Ed Mashburn RPT.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg Newell <gnewell@EN.COM>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 1:16 PM
> Subject: Jumpy strings?
>
> > 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
> >