At 20:45 04/10/01 +0000, Graeme Harvey wrote: >He was saying that in his time (UK trained some years back now) It would need to have been at least 90 years ago to have any positive value! >...it was usual to really lay into the new wire with a string roller to >remove as much stretch as possible. Lots of things are usual in England, though perhaps there is less action-oiling done here than America to judge from some threads on this list! I never use a string stretcher, not least because you have no way of knowing what tension you are applying. I have always found simply pulling up a certain amount over pitch, almost always using the action (no chipping up), and reducing this amount as the piano dictates at each pull-up, results in a very stable situation. Factory methods are for factories, where use is made of cheap semi-skilled workers and where the production sequence may dictate certain methods. A proper piano technician who understands the piano as a whole need not follow procedures that are convenient in a production line. Ron's point about bridge damage is also a good one. JD
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