Gulbransen Grand

[William Benjamin]

If it is that flat and needs so much, wouldn't one want to tune it first to
check the pins, and get it up to pitch so it has time to settle, before
coming back to finish the job?

I have tuned many and never broke a plate.


William



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William Benjamin
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The tuner alone,
preserves the tone.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Blaine Hebert
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 2:46 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Gulbransen Grand

List,

I have pulled up many thousands of flat grands, this 4' 6" six leg 1928 
Gulbransen shouldn't be any different, even though it is 1/2 step flat.

But...

This instrument has only one tenor/treble strut and two long capo bars 
across the tenor and treble (no agraffes).  Has anyone else seen 
problems with older grands with these very long capo bars?  I have seen 
these long capo bars bend and even crack at the C88 end myself.  It 
would be embarrasing after a cleaning, regulation and key recovering to 
have a capo bar crack.

B. Hebert  RPT