has anyone ever done this....

[John Ross]

When you replace it, bring it above pitch, and mute it off.
It will then not bother when it drops, which it will.
When you tune the piano the next time, first thing, bring it above pitch, then tune it last, leaving it a smidgeon high.
Unless it is a new piano, I will usually splice the string if possible, this alleviates the stretch problem somewhat.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brian Doepke 
  To: 'Pianotech List' 
  Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 5:46 PM
  Subject: has anyone ever done this....


  I have a client that lives pretty far away and I have a new single wound string to replace in her piano.  In order to save another trip out there *after* it is installed.you know, for string +stretch+ , is there a way to pre-stretch the string so that there will be minimal stretch after it is installed?

   

  Brian P. Doepke, (dep-kee)

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