This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Okay, here we go. =20 I was having a little fun being annonymous; y'all mostly knew who I was. = And I really don't think the question is naive, either. I think it's a = darned good one. =20 I've read the comments that have been thoughtfully posted, but I have a = very hard time believing that bridge grooves, string stretching, etc., will = take a piano 50 cents flat in 10 years--especially if it's an old beater that = has been crushing and stretching for 75 years. =20 I agree with Sarah Fox; I think those pins are s-l-o-w-l-y turning; unwinding, if you will.=20 =20 It's the only explanation that, to me, could account for such huge = changes. If the strings were stretching, they'd be getting thin and I've measured enough old strings to know that, except when abused, they don't change = that much. Soundboards could squash and split and be flatter over the years = BUT sooner or later all that stuff has to pretty well quit changing or the bridge, for example, would be cut through into 89 little segments (I = know, some are close to that <G>). =20 The screw stringer question was a good one. Old hands, whatayathink? =20 As to Ron's comment on the Yamaha GH-1 low tenor: Install a DC with undercover and it will--if it behaves at all like my experience with = this exact problem--produce a certifiable miracle. But, Ron, you didn't quite = get the stupid old saying correct. It should be: "There's no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people." =20 And Joe Goss, your comment "YGTBACMYGTBATB" triggered the following enthusiastic response from me, to whit, "Huh?" =20 Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: 03/25/2005 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b9/b2/20/79/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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