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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've broken a lot of grand piano bass strings --
always the string and/or piano's fault, I assure you! -- and must confess to
never having observed them flying free of the piano. I remember one
snapping back in my general direction once when the hitch loop snapped, but it
never quite made it to my face, strinking (I think) the top of the partly opened
lid before that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the theory that confession's good for the soul,
I suppose I should also admit that I have trouble visualizing a bass string
flying free in the manner that seems to hold such terror on this list.
Seems like there's a fair number of obstacles to doing that, and I'm not sure
that a bass string possesses the kind of mass/elastic energy -- or whatever
physics/technical term applies -- to achieve such flight in any
case.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But as someone who humbly bows before simple
empirical fact, at least when one slaps me in the face, I would certainly defer
to those who've personally witnessed a bass string take majestic flight from a
grand piano. Any chance someone here might describe such an event?
(I've got an old grand I'm seriously considering popping some strings on for
experimental purposes.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=andrew@andersonmusic.com
href="mailto:andrew@andersonmusic.com">Andrew Anderson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 24, 2006 3:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Adams 1/4 tone sharp
piano</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Jeff,<BR>I was thinking that if I got stuck with one of these
jobs I'd run truck straps over the piano to restrain any flying strings and
than seriously suggest leaving them there. ;-)<BR><BR>Andrew
Anderson<BR><BR>At 11:23 AM 3/24/2006, you wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">On Mar 24, 2006, at 11:10 AM,
Wolfley, Eric ((wolfleel)) wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT
face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Alan, in answer to your question about how
sharp I would tune I would say 50 cents! It wouldn't make any sense to
de-tune more...a semitone is just a transposition. Any less or more than a
quarter-tone (sharp or flat) would diminish the
effect.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Ok, here's a suggestion that sounds
like a dumb southerner might suggest, that should reduce risk of all
this.<BR><BR>How about LOWERING the pitch 50 cents and transposing 1/2 step
sharp?<BR><BR>Jeff</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>