[pianotech] Raising rates in recession

[Terry Farrell]

Susan: Are you using an impact lever, or jerking a traditional lever?

Terry Farrell

On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:57 PM, Susan Kline wrote:

> At 02:31 PM 7/3/2010, you wrote:
>> Assuming those four rusty strings aren't going to break anyway.
>
> Common sense shouts that fewer will break if not subjected to a  
> strong overpull.
>
> It also seemed counterintuitive that a quick jerk from using an  
> impact tuning lever would break fewer strings than a slow pull,  
> though the incantation "it breaks static friction" plus the  
> realization that it's a lot less physical work convinced me to use  
> an impact technique for pitch raises a lot of the time.
>
> Scientifically impossible to prove one way or the other, IMO.
>
> Susan
>