explanation(s), please

[Annie Grieshop]

That's exactly what I assumed it was, Alan, until I later called someone who
immediately suggested "cracked plate".  And that's when I started getting
worried and went back to the customer's house to check after I finished the
last job of the day.

I did check the block when I was tuning and didn't see any gaps between the
frame and block.  I'll inspect it more thoroughly when I go back (if it's
still there).

Annie Grieshop
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Barnard [mailto:pianotuner at embarqmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:29 AM
> To: annie at allthingspiano.com; pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: RE: explanation(s), please
>
>
> It doesn't sound typical, but is the block moving/rocking? Are
> there gaps between the frame and the block?
>
> Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Annie Grieshop" <annie at allthingspiano.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Received: 12/21/2007 9:29:59 AM
> Subject: explanation(s), please
>
>
> >A small Brambach grand did something yesterday that has left me
> bamboozled.
> >I'd appreciate any information, suggestions, advice....
>
> >When I got there, the piano was surprisingly well in tune,
> considering its
> >overall condition.  Two trichords in the 6th octave (below the
> break) were
> >playing chords, but the rest was pretty OK.
>
> >I pulled one of the offending notes into tune, and almost immediately one
> >string went "BANG" and dropped pitch, taking the other with it.
> I pulled it
> >back up -- no, it had not broken -- and then both of them did
> the same thing
> >(big BANG, very flat).  I've had that happen after treating pins with CA
> >glue, but never before, and I hadn't treated any of them at that
> point.  (I
> >did later, but it didn't have much effect.)
>
> >Here's the part that really confuses me:  after that happened,
> one string of
> >a 2nd octave bichord went terribly flat on its own AND a cluster of four
> >trichords just above the break in the 6th octave also spontaneously went
> >horribly awry.  I had not touched any of them.........
>
> >The plate does not appear to be cracked, and I didn't find anything else
> >that looked particularly suspicious.  What am I missing here
> (other than the
> >chance to call the trash collectors and get the thing hauled
> away)?  Thanks!
>
> >Annie Grieshop
>
>
>
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