hitch pin glitch

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 Some time ago, I had an "S" that would not allow the last few notes to be
pulled to pitch.  The strings would not hold the tension, no matter what I
tried.  I finally called the factory, and was told that a few of these
models were produced that had bridges that were not made properly, and the
speaking length was too long for the last few notes.  Nothing could be done
about it, short of modifying the bridge, that would allow those last few
notes to be tuned to pitch. 
	Paul McCloud
	San Diego


> [Original Message]
> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 10/22/2006 8:42:58 AM
> Subject: Re: hitch pin glitch
>
>
>
> > I was tuning a 4 year old S&S Model S yesterday.  The piano was
slightly 
> > low in pitch, but not significantly, having been tuned only 6 months 
> > ago.  By me. 
> > The string at C8 broke at the capo bar. 
>
> What's the speaking length at C-8?
> Ron N