Sweet Betsy from...

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Terry,
I find that with my lever, if my movement of the pin is quick and snappy,
with a little influence of the shaft towards the pins, the 50 cent thing is
cut to a managable 15 cents.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 3:43 AM
Subject: Re: Sweet Betsy from...


The S&S 1098 (45-inch studio) is well known to have excessively tight tuning
pins. Also the plate has no bushings, which pushes the torque-inducing
string coil 3/8 to 1/2-inch above the pinblock. So when you go to try and
make a small pitch adjustment with your tuning lever, instead of the pin
rotating in the block, you tend to simply have the pin bend over (like a
flagpole with a big flag in the wind). The of course when you release your
lever after you have tried to move the pin, it simply goes back to the
original pitch. I have found on these pianos that often, in order to have
the pitch of the string settle just one cent higher, you have to make the
pitch raise 20 to 50 cents!

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Clyde Allen
  To: Pianotech
  Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 1:38 AM
  Subject: Re: Sweet Betsy from...


  Hello Terry,
  What does it mean..."1098-type flagpoling...". Thanks,

  Clyde Allen
  Silver Spring, MD

  Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
    Very stable piano. Amazed me. I remember when I tuned it that I was
    concerned whether the tuning would last long enough for me to cash the
check
    because the tuning pins are very tight and they did the 1098-type
    flagpoling. But I guess I did something right.



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