S&S D and a fair assessment

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Phil,
                Could it be that the new wire, is in a nice clean area of 
the capo bar,  and is sounding cleaner and brighter than those around 
it?   I usually burnish out the new string with a hammer shank,   burnish 
until the wire feels almost warm.    This will make a big difference to 
unison stability.

Leaving a piano on the dock exposed to the open air,  is a bummer.

Regards Roger




At 09:38 AM 3/7/2004, you wrote:
>Hello all.
>
>Recenty, a wire broke on this piano(G5-G#5 unison) during a show..hey, it 
>happens right?
>
>Anyway, a few days after the show, the tech director calls me to tell me 
>that a string has broken and wants it fixed asap - not a problem. This is 
>a piano I regularly care for.
>
>The Piano was pulled out of its 'house'  in order for me to replace the 
>string.  Where it was pulled to was just inside of the loading dock doors 
>on a day when there was another show coming in..approx. 60% RH kind of day 
>here.
>
>The piano was in this environment for approx. 4 hrs total time. After I 
>changed the wire, I told the tech director to please move this piano back 
>in its 'house' asap. He assured me he would, and at this point, I am 
>assuming that it was moved back quickly..we have a great relationship.
>
>The first show after that incident was Friday Night. What I observed was 
>the killer octave section(D5-G6) was pretty far out..much more than it 
>normally is..ok...I tuned, spending a little more time on the repaired 
>wire and this section in general.
>
>Saturday Morning I get a call from the tech director telling me that the 
>guest soloist was complaining about some "ringing in the piano". I was 
>scheduled to be there at 5:30 to tune anyway...and I've been notified of a 
>problem.
>
>When I got to the piano at 5:30, what I observed was the killer octave 
>section, in general, had really gone sour..and what the soloist was 
>hearing, honestly, was the new wire G#5 unison falling just a bit..but 
>what _I_ heard made me take notice and wonder:
>
>-the whole section in general sounded bad. Would a broken wire in that 
>section affect that section affect the bridge that much? I haven't seen 
>that in the past. with other wire replacement on this instrument.
>
>-The environment that the piano was in for approx. 4 hrs. was much harsher 
>than its use to, and this is my gut feeling as to why the piano was a tad 
>sick Friday night..or..
>
>-is it possible that my pin-setting technique needs to be more critical(if 
>that's possible) with this section of the D(I haven't seen this problem in 
>the 5 years working with the instrument)..or..
>
>-Is it possibly all of the above?
>
>I'm scratching my head on this one, and if you have experience with the D 
>in a similar concert setting, I'd like to hear your gut feeling.
>
>Thanks,
>Phil Bondi(Fl)
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