Well Phil, It might be possible that the instrument you are talking about is actually in for a hammer change. There is also a psychological factor at hand : for a long time everything is ok and suddenly a number of complaints arise and you yourself feel that it is true and you are maybe at a loss temporarily what to do about it. In my experience these things usually all happen when it is time that something has to happen, meaning that the instrument itself will tell you and you will get the flak from the pianists. a possibility. friendly greetings from André Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 0031-75-6226878 www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be" On 7-mrt-04, at 16:38, Phil Bondi wrote: > Hello all. > > Recenty, a wire broke on this piano(G5-G#5 unison) during a show..hey, > it happens right? > > Anyway, a few days after the show, the tech director calls me to tell > me that a string has broken and wants it fixed asap - not a problem. > This is a piano I regularly care for. > > The Piano was pulled out of its 'house' in order for me to replace > the string. Where it was pulled to was just inside of the loading > dock doors on a day when there was another show coming in..approx. 60% > RH kind of day here. > > The piano was in this environment for approx. 4 hrs total time. After > I changed the wire, I told the tech director to please move this piano > back in its 'house' asap. He assured me he would, and at this point, I > am assuming that it was moved back quickly..we have a great > relationship. > > The first show after that incident was Friday Night. What I observed > was the killer octave section(D5-G6) was pretty far out..much more > than it normally is..ok...I tuned, spending a little more time on the > repaired wire and this section in general. > > Saturday Morning I get a call from the tech director telling me that > the guest soloist was complaining about some "ringing in the piano". I > was scheduled to be there at 5:30 to tune anyway...and I've been > notified of a problem. > > When I got to the piano at 5:30, what I observed was the killer octave > section, in general, had really gone sour..and what the soloist was > hearing, honestly, was the new wire G#5 unison falling just a bit..but > what _I_ heard made me take notice and wonder: > > -the whole section in general sounded bad. Would a broken wire in that > section affect that section affect the bridge that much? I haven't > seen that in the past. with other wire replacement on this instrument. > > -The environment that the piano was in for approx. 4 hrs. was much > harsher than its use to, and this is my gut feeling as to why the > piano was a tad sick Friday night..or.. > > -is it possible that my pin-setting technique needs to be more > critical(if that's possible) with this section of the D(I haven't seen > this problem in the 5 years working with the instrument)..or.. > > -Is it possibly all of the above? > > I'm scratching my head on this one, and if you have experience with > the D in a similar concert setting, I'd like to hear your gut feeling. > > Thanks, > Phil Bondi(Fl) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > friendly greetings from André Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 0031-75-6226878 www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be"
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