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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Jeff - you were tuning too sharp.... </span></font><font
face=Wingdings><span =
style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font
color=red><span style='color:red'> </span></font><font =
color=black><span
style='color:black'>MG(UK)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Jeff Olson [mailto:jlolson@cal.net] <br>
Sent: 04 October 2005 22:44<br>
To: College and University Technicians<br>
Subject: [CAUT] Case of the mysteriously breaking treble =
strings</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Speaking of UFOs, I was having trouble identifying the cause for =
a <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>stubbornly breaking treble string in the high treble of an older
upright.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>It began with one string that broke twice. The first time, =
I assumed
I'd <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>nicked it or something installation. The second time, I =
wondered if it
was <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>hanging up on something. But I'd cleaned and polished the =
pressure
bar, and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I didn't spot anything abrasive on the bridge or =
harp.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Then, as I started chipping the piano to pitch, several more =
strings
broke <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>in the high treble (#13). I decided to measure the wire, =
though it was
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>coming fresh out of a new packet (Roslau), and was surprised =
that the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>labeled 13 was actually 13 1/2. That seemed odd, but not =
likely to
explain <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>the breakage. In any case, I switched to 13 -- actually =
micced it this
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>time -- and the strings still =
broke.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Then, finally, I figured it out. Any ideas about what the
"mystery cause" <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>was?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>JeffO <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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