lowering pitch for bass bridge repair

[Farrell]

Absolutely. I did a bridge repair and that is how I left the strings. Definately the way to go. You can tie them up and get them out of the way quite easily. You will also find that doing all this work with the piano tilted on its back on a tilter much easier also.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Oliver Snelson" <rsnelson@bwsys.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: lowering pitch for bass bridge repair


> You mentioned removing the bass string completely. I wouldn't do that.
> Take them off the hitch pins but leave them attached to the tuning pins.
> No need to stress the beckets by taking them off the tuning pins.
> 
> Rich
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:11 AM
> Subject: Re: lowering pitch for bass bridge repair
> 
> 
> > Hi Steve,
> > Feel free to remove the bass strings, without, lowering the tension on
> > any other strings.
> > It is routinely done, all the time, to change bass strings for a new
> > set.
> > Regards,
> > John M. Ross
> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Borgstrom" <orchman@attbi.com>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:05 PM
> > Subject: lowering pitch for bass bridge repair
> >
> >
> > > Hello gentlebeings,
> > >
> > > I need to repair a cracked bass bridge on a vertical piano. It is
> > NOT
> > > cracked by the bridge pins, but just a break on the wood underneath
> > the
> > > bridge that is attached to the soundboard. I can handle the
> > > woodworking/gluing part of it, but being a new tech, I have a coupla
> > > procedural questions:
> > >
> > > I need to take the bass strings off their hitch pins, so I assume I
> > > need to lower the tension on the tenor and treble strings too.
> > Question
> > > is, how much? 1/2 step, whole step, or till they are loose and
> > floppy
> > > but not overly loose and floppy? Or remove them all, placing them on
> > a
> > > wire?
> > >
> > > Any other "heads-up" reminders about this kind of repair directed
> > > toward a newbie are welcomed and appreciated!! Thanks, all!
> > >
> > > Steve Borgstrom
> > > Brooklyn Park, MN
> > >
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