Heat-Damaged Bass String?

[David Ilvedson]

I like the electric shank benders myself...I just borrowed one from a tech friend...but it is
very easy to blacken the shank...I would suggest the wattage controller to keep the temp. a little lower.

David I.

PS.  Why is the Pianotek tool so much more expensive?  Does anyone own one?


----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:33:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Heat-Damaged Bass String?

>Well, did she specify that they sounded tubby only
>AFTER your proximity, or also before? I'd get the 2
>available electric shank benders: the $30 one from
>Schaff ( side to side )  and the $250 one from
>Pianotech ( twisting shank to make hammer square to
>strings ) and toss the heat gun! The electric benders
>are truly " dreamy" to say the least! Almost make this
>business fun!
>     Thump

> --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>> I aligned a few hammers on a Samick Studio the other
>> day by heating the shanks with my heat gun.
>> Certainly, the bass strings received some heat from
>> the heat gun. The owner left a message saying that
>> several bass strings sound "dull". Will heat from a
>> heat gun make a bass string go tubby?
>>
>> Terry Farrell
>>
>>
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