Snap Crackle Pop!

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

It is common on cheap chinese agraffes.  You are lucky no strings 
broke.  I've had that happen on new pianos coming out of the 
box.  Plan on letting down to a pop and then smoothly pulling up to pitch.

Andrew Anderson

At 03:22 PM 12/5/2007, you wrote:
>Hi all.  I did a warranty tuning on an Essex baby grand today and 
>here was the story on every string that had an agraffe:
>
>Pull (no pitch change)
>Pull (a little pitch change)
>Pull (POP! at the agraffe and the string goes way sharp)
>Bring down to pitch.
>
>I don't tune a lot of new grands in this neck of the woods.  Is the 
>popping noise typical?
>
>Michelle Smith
>Smith Piano Service
>Bastrop, Texas
>(512) 466-0238
>michelle at smithpianoservice.com
>
>
>

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