brambach upright backscale

[Don]

Hi Del,

I suppose one tiny benefit "might" be a small pitch correction "overshoot"
being needed. That, at least, is what I have consistantly found on pianos
with one loop and one tied string.

At 02:29 PM 4/22/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@attbi.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:20 AM
>Subject: brambach upright backscale
>
>
>>
>> List,
>>    Unusual stringing-hitch pin system on a 100 year old Brambach
>> upright. Excuse the poor photo, but each unison is independent from the
>> next. I guess the designer didn't want a string to loop around the hitch
>> pin to the next note. Middle tuning pin has the knot while top and
>> bottom tuning  pins loop around the hitch pin.
>> Perhaps some of you have seen this before ,but it was a new one
>> for me,
>> Tom Driscoll RPT
>
>A Brambach upright? I've never seen one  before.
>
>But I have encountered this style of stringing. Usually the trailing
>hitchpin is some larger than the one used here. The idea being to spread the
>two outside strings enough so that they come straight back from the bridge
>pins.
>
>A good compromise for those wanting equal tension on both sides of the
>hitchpin. I don't see any practical benefit, but it does look nice.
>
>Del
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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