You aren't suggesting that after one pass at the piano from 150 cents flat that it's ready to play are you? Close, perhaps, but all the way up and good for the next 6 months or so? Never! Round here (northeast Ohio) I've had broken strings a plenty when doing these pitch raises until I started lubing the strings first with Protek. FWIW, Greg Newell At 11:19 PM 5/27/2004, you wrote: >I've done about 2 or 3 one-pass pr's that were about 150 cents with no >problems and no broken strings. I know, maybe, it's because these pr's >were done on old antique uprights (w/wo players) -with- the original >strings. And still going strong. ;-) >Duaine > >Farrell wrote: > >>But if the pitch raise is more than 100 cents (really more than maybe 60 >>cents), you need to do two pitch raises, otherwise you will be overpulling >>more than 25 cents (which, I think, is generally considered the most you >>want to pull a string sharp without running risk of damaging the string). >> >>Terry Farrell >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler@charter.net> >>To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >>Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:33 PM >>Subject: [Fwd: RE: Verituner and Pitch Raises] >> >> >> >> >>>I know nothing about Verituner but the Cybertuner has three ranges for >>>pitch ranges - small _+_50c - medium _+_100c - large _+_200c >>> >>>Most of the time a pitch raise can be done in one pass unless there are >>>weak/loose pins. >>> >>>-- Duaine Hechler >>>Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ >>>Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding >>>Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild >>>Reed Organ Society Member >>>St. Louis, MO 63034 >>>(314) 838-5587 >>>dahechler@charter.net >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> > >-- >Duaine Hechler >Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ >Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding >Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild >Reed Organ Society Member >St. Louis, MO 63034 >(314) 838-5587 >dahechler@charter.net > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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