Hi Greg, What do you charge for your "all day" Pitch Correction? Why did you not consider using CA glue on this instrument? How many times has a bridge cracked? Have you considered using thin CA glue on the bridge cap to "reinforce" the bridge pins as a prophilatic? At 06:42 AM 2/26/2005 +0000, you wrote: >Hello, friends, > >The super-flat piano mentioned in my original post was able to hold its >pitch at 425. I usually just crank these babies right up to 440; sometimes >a bit higher if the piano is relatively new, then settle them back down to >440. I might be there all day but I will eventually get it stable. I hate >to leave a piano under 440 and hardly ever do, and only then for structural >reasons. > >I didn't mind the three broken strings; they were in the high treble, above >the dampers, so they were easy to reach and I needed the practice. What I >worry about is bridges cracking, since no knot will fix those. At this >time, I don't do shop work, and I'd have to farm it out (if I could find >someone to agree to do it.) > >As for getting an ETD to help with pitch raises, well, I wish I could but >with two kids in college, buying the daily newspaper sometimes can seem like >a luxury. For the time being, I'll be 100% aural. > >If you've never dared a drastic pitch raise, here's what I do: >-tighten all screws >-strip-mute the whole piano to one string per note >-pull A4 to 440 (if you dare) >-tune A3 to A4; then A2, etc. all the way down >-do the same thing for all the As going up >-then tune the Es up and down, then the Bs, going through the cycle of 5ths >for the entire piano >(F#, C#, G#, D#, Bb, F, C, G, D) so the added strain is spread throughout >the instrument >-pull the unisons in >-start the process over; you'll be much closer and more stable. >-finally, begin to fine-tune the piano. It should be quite stable then. >_______________________________________ >Gregory P. Livingston, Piano Tuning and Service >781-237-9178 >Piano Technicians Guild (associate member) > * * * >Always remember September 11, 2001 > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005
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