Pitch Raise

[Matthew Todd]

Yes, you are right Paul about the string breakage, and yes, I did charge them for it.  I also informed the customer before I began that strings may break, and I explained the situation.  I never said "I may break a few strings."

Matthew

paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote: I frequently get 50c flat. I pitch-raise them in one swell foop, but you should only bring 'em sharp by 25-30% of the amount flat they are. For example, if it's 50c flat, you'd bring it 13c sharp.  This is the common recommendation for pitch-raising, tuning unisons as you go. It works quite well, except I find that in the upper treble it's still on the flat side when I'm doing my subsequent fine-tuning pass.
 
YOU didn't break B7/C8. It wanted to break and by touching it, you simply facilitated its fate. I hope you charged 'em for the replacement. 

And yes, piano tuners do occasionally break strings... when you're cranking away pulling up the string NEXT TO the key you're pounding on... or waiting for the beats to slow down 'cuz you didn't hear it go thru beatless as you pulled it up...
 
Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote:
 Dear List,
   
  I pitch raised a Baldwin Grand today.  This was my first one of this caliber.  It was 47 to 50 cents flat, with lots of the ole' rust.  There were a lot of clicking pins as I raised pitch, I guess due to the rust, I'm not sure.
    
  I did two pitch raises actually.  In my first pass, I raised to about 15 cents flat.  My second pass, I did to about 25 - 30 cents sharp.  I don't know if I was chicken, but I had a BIG cringe factor goin' on while I did this.
    
  As I get more experience, will I just go for the whole thing the first time?  What can I learn from this frightening time in my career?
   
  I did not break a single string.  But get this, I broke B7/C8 while I was strip muting.  Has this happened to anyone?
    
  All in all, I gained a big experience today.
    
  I'm a pansy, I know.  Does it get any easier??
   
   
  Thanks!
Matthew



 
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