>I tuned a 1902 Emerson yesterday, had to pitch raise 1\2 step. I lubed >the (v) bar & let down each string before raising it back up. Three bass >strings & two plain strings broke. I can just imagine how many strings >would have broken had I not lubed & let down the strings first. >Dick-Louisiana The only problem with this thought process is one will never know. It could have been the same amount of breakage *or even less* without the applied methods you mention. "Two roads diverged into a yellow wood..." or something like that. (frost/browning??) Keith McGavern kam544@earthlink.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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