strip muting: pitch question

[Avery Todd]

Rob,

   I've noticed that also. At times I only have the time to do a quick
"touch-up" on one of our concert grands. I run through and check unisons
first. When I hear a questionable one, it's almost always one of the
outside strings which has changed. In a case like this, I tend to let the
"majority" rule. If either the right OR the left string gives a good unison
with the middle string, I retune the other one and then make sure the
octave is OK. A bad unison will be noticed much quicker than a slightly out
of tune octave, IMHO.

Avery

>And I say:
>
>OK,  let's go with the idea of the pressure on the bridge causing a shift.
>When I'm checking over my unisons and I find one where a string has drifted
>a bit
>it almost always is *not* the middle string of the unison.
>
>I wonder what others will say about this.
>
>Rob