Pitch raising on older pianos

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Clyde,


Yep, 'tis what I mean, I think...  And that´s the reason for cold sweat 
when going down the bass.

Kristinn




At 13:49 2.9.2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Kristinn,
>
>I could be talked into agreeing at least partially with you.  Sometimes there
>seems to be no indication that a string is going to let go, but other times,
>well, it just seems like the elasticity in the string is totally gone, 
>like the
>string really does not want the pin to turn anymore, and THAT is followed 
>by the
>bang.  Is that what you are talking about?
>
>But in some cases, that rebellious string just has to move more for me to 
>get the
>string in tune, and it doesn't always break.  Just the imagination?  Maybe 
>yes,
>maybe no.  Maybe just tight tuning pins.  I'm not sure I can tell the 
>difference.
>
>Regards,
>Clyde
>
>Kristinn Leifsson wrote:
>
> > 'Tis not imagination.  In the bass, just before the string breaks I can
> > feel a slight hindrance, then the subsequent release of that hindrance...oh
> > darn, maybe it is my imagination, and that´s exactly to what I´m going to
> > leave it :þ
> >
> > Kristinn L.