String or Hammer ?

[Carl Meyer]

Pick the string between the agraffe and the winding with a guitar pick or
thumb nail.  That will magnify the problem if it is in the string.

Sometimes a tubby string can be improved by lowering the pitch a half turn
of the tuning pin and giving it a bunch of super hard blows.  Sometimes that
does a great job if you don't break the hammer shank.

Carl Meyer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Lindquist" <ronli@newnorth.net>
To: "pianotech-ptg.org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 4:48 PM
Subject: String or Hammer ?


> Have a older L & H  council  that the client thought 2  notes were out of
> tune after I tuned it.   Stopped back today  and the strings
> sounded  (tubby)---    wondering  if  there is a objective way to
determine
> if it is the string or hammer.  Pitch was on.   Strings were
> corroded  (copper windings)   and solid were pitted and rusty.
>
> Any insight will be helpful.
> Thanks,
>