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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pop away but wear protective gear. I have seen
these slings fly ten feet and then hit a wall making a good lookin gouge and
when the piano has been closer to the wall there was a momentary imbeding before
falling to the floor leaving a serious hole and me full of abba abba for the
customer. then there is the story and mind you I haven't been able to confirm 3
sources but this guy was left in the hall after the evening concert to touch up
for the next days event. Alone with a 9 footer at midnight and a broken hitch
pin sent a bass string hurtling to his jugular vein. Found the next day in a
pool of blood he had managed to scribble in blood the cryptic
letters</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Oppo k
no c ie tu s n
mor "</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Serious stuff. It happens, so take
care.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT> </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jlolson@cal.net href="mailto:jlolson@cal.net">Jeff Olson</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> Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:01
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Flight of the Broken Bass
Sting? (was:: Adams 1/4 tone sharppiano)</DIV>
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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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>