<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>When I restring, my initial chip starts at the first note in the treble= half a step higher than the note itself. (I tune F2 to F#.) (I pinch the be= ckets, seat the strings, etc., all before the chip tuning.) By the time the = entire pianos has been chipped, that F is already down to Eb. That's how muc= h elasticity and soundboard compression there is. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There is nothing wrong with pulling above A440. We do it all the time w= hen we pitch raise. Isn't the accepted method to raise pitch 25% above A440 = that the pitch is low? (25 cents low is raised to 8 cents sharp. 100 cents l= ow is raised 25 cents sharp.) So if this is acceptable on a pitch raise why = not on an initial chipping, much less subsequent tunings? After the chip tun= ing, the first "real" tuning is done 25 cents high, with the pitch drop= ping to near A440. But because I know the strings are going top continue to = stretch, I will do the second tuning at 10 cents high. The third and subsequ= ent tunings are at pitch.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/1/04 9:20:45 AM Central Standard Time, roger.j@sas= ktel.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>50 cents? Wow!<BR><BR>I've been afraid to do m= y string-work at anything above A:440;<BR><BR>1. pull to tension / lift coil= s squeeze beckets<BR><BR>2. pull to 440 / seat & squeeze loops parralel<= BR><BR>3. pull to 440 / straighten wire over the bridge fore & aft / bur= nish it<BR>down over the rear duplex<BR><BR>4. pull to 440 / lift wire at ag= raffes and speaking length/capo, then front<BR>duplex<BR><BR>I'm just worrie= d about having those bends occur other than at the<BR>terminations.<BR><BR>I= gather you guys are saying:<BR><BR>1.) there's no harm in pulling the strin= gs (initially) that high?<BR><BR>2.) you're acheiving precise results?<BR><B= R>3.) you're saving a boat-load of time?<BR><BR>thanks,<BR>Mark Cramer,<BR>B= randon University</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>