Bösendorfer bass strings

[Charly Tuner]

I have had good success with Protek on BOTH sides of the agraffes, and also 
where they lay over the felt up near the pins. All the bearing points as a 
matter of fact. Then, I give my hammer a slight "up & down" motion BEFORE I 
turn the pin, and this usually helps quite a bit with rendering.

Terry Peterson
Los Angeles, CA
Associate Member, PTG


>From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Bösendorfer bass strings
>Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 23:04:03 +0100
>
>Hello,
>
>
>We service a 275cm Bösendorfer in a concert hall.  It´s only eight years
>old but I have been noticing that the bass strings are very...timid.
>I´m scared stiff when I start going down the bass since the tunings are
>most often a few hours prior to the concert.  The rendering starts being
>very awkward on the first bass string, and all the way down.  The rest of
>the grand is fine.
>What would you recommend regarding lubrication? Protek?
>It has to look fine.
>I also thought that maybe this was a problem with the tuning pins being
>stiff but I´m afraid to pull them too hard.
>Any comments?
>
>
>
>Kristinn Leifsson,
>Reykjavík, Iceland
>



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