Wurlitzer problem

[John M. Formsma]

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Hi there, Mr. Barrett. Good to see you on the list, too. Hope things are
well for you in Memphis.

I did lower the pitch slightly before raising it, but still two strings
broke on the one I did yesterday. Yes, I did say "shucks." <g>

John Formsma
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    From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of barre46@ibm.net
    Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 11:32 PM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Subject: Re: Wurlitzer problem


    Hi John,
    Glad to see you on the list. This is Norm Barrett and it shouldn't take
long to tell you all that I know. What I was taught was to always lower the
pitch on a string before bringing it up. This is to break the seal that
occurs at the point where the string leaves the tuning pin. What you
observed about the angle of the string leaving the pin may be the culprit.

    When I worked for IBM on punch card machines I observed that new
operators had a lot more card jams than experienced operators. You could
watch them and they would do every thing right but they would still have
more jams. I can also recall that I had many strings break when I first
started tuning than what I do now. I wish I could tell you why but I'm sure
that I'm not alone in this.

    By the way, when the string broken did you say "shucks"?

    Norm Barrett
    Memphis, TN




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