Overlapping strings

[Nichols]

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Barbara,
     Had a Kimball like that, that also had some slightly loose pins in the 
low tenor cluster. They had enough space so I could tap the bottom (right) 
pin in a bit, and that freed-up some of the upper pins. Tapping the middle 
pin in a little gave me three planes of string height off the plate. Just 
about the thickness of the string, though. Not really a lot. Didn't always 
help when there was a sizeable deflection sideways. I have used Protek on 
the strings, with fair results. Especially when there is under-string felt 
crammed in that little space. Seems to help the strings render over the 
felt. Then again, a muggy day out here is about 24%RH. May make a 
difference. Some of the overlapped strings I've seen didn't respond to any 
manipulation at all. Just had to use BFFI, and hope for the best.

Good Luck,
Guy Nichols

At 04:35 PM 2/14/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>Gone are the days when I only worked on good pianos!  A lot of good 
>techniques have come along since I was on maternity leave.  I've checked 
>the archives for the subject of Protek on strings and read a great deal, 
>but didn't see this particular case mentioned:
>
>This past week I tuned a Cable Nelson console which suffered from a case 
>of strings that overlap in the tuning pin section, making it a tad 
>difficult to set unisons (or anything else for that matter).  You know, 
>you get one string set, tune the next, and it throws the previous one off 
>again.  Grrr.  Would it help to dab a bit of Protek on them?  Would it be 
>too risky being that close to the pinblock?  Has anyone done this before?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Barbara Richmond, RPT
>There nothing like starting up a business again,
>somewhere near Peoria, IL.
>
>

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