Stretchy Strings

[altieri]

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
I didn't check the becket but the string was moving ever so slightly.. I
guess that could have been the problem=20

=20

  _____ =20

From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf
Of Warren Fisher
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 1:04 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: RE: Stretchy Strings

=20

Jim=20

Sounds like adjacent strings are possibly crossed.  Did you check the
strings behind it to see if one was way sharp?  That much turn is =
impossible
without breaking a string. =20

=20

Did you check to see if the string becket or crosspiece that goes into =
the
tuning pin hole is broken off? That would give you zero pitch change.

=20

Warren

=20

Warren Fisher- Navy Retired - Slidell, Louisiana=20

98 2500 Dodge Cummins TD, DTT Auto, Smart Controller, E-Brake, ATF, EGT, =
and
Boost gauges, Mag Hytec tranny and differential pans, Aux. tranny =
cooler, 4"
exhaust, monster air filter, engine 125 hp upgrade.

02 Titanium fiver 28E33, aerodynamic front end, 2-120W solr panls,
Friendship 2000 invrtr,=20

four Lifeline absorbed glass mat battries, Honda 5000 genset

=20

=20

----- Original Message -----=20

From: altieri <mailto:altieri@nepiano.com> =20

To: pianotech@ptg.org

Sent: 7/7/2005 9:12:21 AM=20

Subject: Stretchy Strings

=20

Hello,  I haven=12t posted much here yet but I=12ve been listening and =
learning.
This list is a great help to people new to this business.

=20

I=12ve just had someone give me a chickering quarter grand.  I believe =
its
from 1929 or around then.  When I went to do a pitch raise it seems that
most of the strings reacted normally but I=12ve gotten to one that I was =
able
to turn the pin about 180 degrees and the pitch was not changing.  It =
seemed
like it was only stretching a section of the string maybe?  The strings =
have
not really been cared for and the inside of this piano really needs some =
tlc
but I was wondering if this is a hint that the whole thing should be
restrung (which I might attempt anyways) or if this is something I =
should
worry about on a string by string basis.  Apparently their old tuner =
told
them that he really didn=12t want to charge them for tunings anymore =
because
this piano would not hold the tune.  When I saw it at their home some of =
the
pins were very loose.  Now that it is in my garage (its been fairly =
humid
here in CT) the pins are all at a normal tightness it seems.  I=12m =
guessing
this might of just been a result of dryness in their home?

=20

Any comments are appreciated.

=20

Thanks,

Jim Altieri

=20

=20

=20

=20


---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/be/e3/76/42/attachment.htm

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--