Lance, Ditto what Ron, Fred and other said. However, we had a student who did that and we found that he hit the string hard enough to slightly smash the wood by the pin, causing the exact problem (false beats) we're trying to avoid! Even though the dent is a bit away from the pin check this out and see if the string now sits in a slight depression of wood. Regards, Jim Busby BYU ________________________________ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Lance Lafargue Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:09 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: [CAUT] string dents A "new" RPT tech working for me got a little excited about string voicing and in the process of "tapping" down strings on a new piano, went too far. The strings were hit in the speaking length segment, in the direction of termination with the bridge pin V. In other words, straightening the speaking length segment before it terminates at the bridge pin. Consequently, there is a visible "dent/kink" in the wire in the speaking length just before the bridge termination, creating more false beats than the ones that were to be eliminated. Is there a cure short of restringing that section? i.e., loosening string and straightening wire with hook as good as possible and retightening? Thanks. Lance Lafargue, RPT LAFARGUE PIANOS, LTD LPIANOS.com lafargue at bellsouth.net 4244 Hwy 22 Mandeville, LA 70471 985.72P.IANO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20061218/24d8d9a7/attachment.html
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