[pianotech] X-Ratcheting Counter Bearing Shim

Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner justpianos at our.net.au
Sun Apr 11 23:43:58 MDT 2010


Ron,
I thought this thread was for an interim fix of "pinging" strings whilst
tuning.
How does heatshrink tubing increase the tension/length of the string, as
the original posting was inplying, to move the bearing position on the
string?
Or was this to achieve something else?



> Yea, I do that too, but that's different from trying to make
> it work without fixing it. I've had some improvement with
> Protek, but...
>
> Jon, If you insist on trying to patch it up when it needs
> redone (yea, I know) how about some small heat shrink tubing,
> slit to slide under the string along the full length that it
> contacts the felt. Ugly, fur shur, but it might supply the
> aesthetic tipping point to a real rebuild.
>
> <G>
> Ron N
>
>
>




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