S&S D and a fair assessment

[Richard Brekne]

Phil

Sounds to me like a combination of the new string, being moved around, 
climate issues, and perhaps a bit of overworking the area around the 
replaceds string.

Doesnt take much to make an instrument slightly unstable, and if you are 
in a concert situation its easy to do just a bit more tune tweaking then 
is needed... nearly always leads to the area getting sour... you come 
back and think... ""what the .."" and you give it another go with just a 
tad of frustration.. a side of sweat, and a nutfull of nervousness.... 
none of these even really noticable really... just barely there and when 
combined with the rest all make for a problem. A minor problem at that. 
Dont worry about it. Its not you, its not the piano... its most probably 
just one of those daily dailys that dont always work out optimal.

Cheers
RicB


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)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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