<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: [CAUT] gnashing of teeth and stability</title></head><body> <div>At 3:38 PM -0500 11/3/05, Wimblees@aol.com wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">I restrung a D last summer that's been giving me fits with stability . . .</font></blockquote> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Hi Wim,</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Have you tried rubbing the speaking lengths to pull up the back scale tension? I find this procedure much more effective in gaining stability, when compared to the less effective option of striking the key aggressively.</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Even when a piano has been in service for some time, if I know a 'big hitter' is coming to town, a pre-tune (not too heavy) rub-down does wonders for the concert tuning stability.</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Ron O.</font></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>