Wim/Pitch raise experiment

[Jason Kanter]

What's CLP? A lubricant that will ease the rusty bearing points without
creeping into the tuning pins?

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JASON KANTER * PIANO TUNING
jkanter@rollingball.com
425 562 4127  *  fax 425 562 4132


> From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 18:23:57 -0700
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: Wim/Pitch raise experiment
> 
> If we're taking a vote here, you can count me with Greg and Joe. Last
> Friday I did a 114 cent pitch raise on one of those big ol' Cable uprights,
> made in about 1925. It was a little like tip-toeing through a mine field,
> but didn't break a single string. Used CLP, just as a preventative measure.
> Checked bridges and struts before I started too. Good thing it was the last
> one of the day. I decided right then, that the next time I do that I'm going
> to have to charge more than I did this time. ( Which was my normal fee times
> 1.5)  Next time, it's double.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Wim/Pitch raise experiment
> 
> 
>> Dave, Wim and list,
>> You may wish to start lubricating the strings with Protek CPL before
>> tuning these old beasts. I'm with Joe on this one. What good is a piano
>> that's perpetually flat in pitch? Isn't ear training just as important as
>> finger training? I raise pitch on these old beasties all the time. They
>> have all come through just fine without so much as a whimper. I'm sure
>> your also aware of how much livelier they sound when up to the pitch they
>> were designed for. Never fails to get a "WOW" from the customer.
>> my two cents.
>> 
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