---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/8/01 10:44:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, cneuman@phy.duke.edu writes: > Thanks to all who have given me tuning tips! Here are some questions: > > 1) I tried to reduce false beats by seating the strings on the bridge. > However, the bridge on my "PSO" is hard to reach. Part of the treble > bridge is directly behind the keyboard and you can't get to it from below > or from above. Advice? What tools (makeshift or otherwise) do you use to > seat strings on the bridge? > Get a piece of brass rod around 1/8 " in diameter, cut a slit on the top. Use a small hammer and lightly tap on the bearing points. > 2) I have heard that rust can cause false beats. And I found a little rust > on the strings. I'm having a hard time not just spraying WD40 in there. I > recall hearing someone say a while ago that WD40 should not be in, on, or > near a piano. That's a shame. And it's also a shame that duct tape has > limited use inside a piano (perhaps it could replace leather on hammers!) > But at least you get to use epoxy in pianos! Anway, what do you use to > clean off rust? > No WD40 at all. Clean rust with a scouring pad-dry. > 3) For a flat piano, how flat must it be in order for it to need a pitch > raise? I discovered that it's true that if you tune a flat piano up to > pitch, it comes out flat! But I have also discovered that it gets better > and better each tuning. > I usually raise the pitch if it is more than 3 cents flat. And yes, the tuning is much easier with each tuning. > Charles Neuman > Plainview, NY > > Dave Peake, RPT Portland Chapter Oregon City, OR www.davespianoworks.locality.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a7/37/cc/fa/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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