Richard, You may not have caught some of the previous posts on this subject. The problem is throughout the piano, not just one string. Greg Richard Brekne wrote: > Change the string.. clean up the termination point, and apply proteck > moderatly. Should do the trick. > > Greg Newell 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 > > -- > Richard Brekne > Associate PTG, N.P.T.F. > Bergen, Norway
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