Steve, Others have already told you not to bother lowering tenor/treble string tension. Do take the time to remove the action, however, to avoid messing up the dampers big time. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Borgstrom <orchman@attbi.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:05 PM Subject: lowering pitch for bass bridge repair > Hello gentlebeings, > > I need to repair a cracked bass bridge on a vertical piano. It is NOT > cracked by the bridge pins, but just a break on the wood underneath the > bridge that is attached to the soundboard. I can handle the > woodworking/gluing part of it, but being a new tech, I have a coupla > procedural questions: > > I need to take the bass strings off their hitch pins, so I assume I > need to lower the tension on the tenor and treble strings too. Question > is, how much? 1/2 step, whole step, or till they are loose and floppy > but not overly loose and floppy? Or remove them all, placing them on a > wire? > > Any other "heads-up" reminders about this kind of repair directed > toward a newbie are welcomed and appreciated!! Thanks, all! > > Steve Borgstrom > Brooklyn Park, MN > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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