Painted String Rendering

[Farrell]

Well, I guess I'm just not so much of an expert on string angles through the
agraffe up and to the pin. After the agraffe, the string rides along a curve
of understring felt and then to the pins. It is a bit of an angle, but does
not strike me as being unusual (I think!).

Sounds to me from Newtons comments and my observations that a combination of
60 year old bent string, rust, paint, a tad of an angle have all conspired
to indicate that it is simply time to restring and nothing short of that is
going to be a proper fix.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Painted String Rendering


> Definitely a good reason to restring. What is the string angle from capo
or
> agraffe to that cast bar before the tuning pins like? On my current
project I
> can only imagine from the string angle present that this thing must have
been a
> bear to tune. I will be altering it somewhat. Not too drastic but I do
hope to
> make it easy to tune even after the strings aren't quite as fresh as when
I
> finish. Food for thought.
>
> Greg
>
> Farrell wrote:
>
> > I tuned a 1940s Baldwin L today. It has always been a nasty piano to
tune.
> > Today was no exception. Especially in the upper tenor. You pull up a
bit, no
> > change in pitch, pull a bit more, no change, pull a bit more and BOING
you
> > are 20 cents sharp. Lube the heck out of the felt and agraffe with
Protek.
> > No change. After staring at it a while I realized that some clown had
pained
> > the plate and of course painted the agraffes. The felt areas and other
> > string areas with no plate below were taped off, but all the string
segments
> > with plate below were painted gold. So now after a few decades of
pulling
> > the strings a little tighter each time, I suspect we now have the
painted
> > section inside the agraffe - and I think that is causing the rendering
> > problem. Does this make sense? Strings have a fair bit of corrosion on
them
> > also. I had never run into such a stubborn case like this.
> >
> > Sounds like we have a good reason to restring. Yes?
> >
> > Terry Farrell
>
> --
> Greg Newell
> mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
>
>