Enlivening bass strings

[Marcel Carey]

Gee Joe, this is one of the shortest answers I've seen on this list.
 
Now Richard, did you check the bass briege and apron condition? In a lot of
cases the apron gets loose and the tone just die. If the structure is still
intact, then you can try to get the strings off the hitch pins and shake
them a bit and then give them a twist (same direction as the winding).
 
BUT... bass strings are like car tires, they don't last forever. Nothing can
do the same job as replacing them.
 
Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

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Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard Morgan <mailto:rsanbornmorgan at yahoo.com>  
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 6:07 AM
Subject: Enlivening bass strings

I encountered a nice, very well-taken-care-of Remington upright last week.
The owner had the original bill of sale and loan papers showing payments,
from 1920 or 1924 (can't remember now), when it was bought new in Nebraska.
It had not been tuned in 6 years or so, but had obviously been
well-maintained before that--pitch was right at A=440, and it was easy to
tune.
 
The bass stings, however, were dead.  Can someone point me to a resource for
dealing with those strings?  It's not really a candidate yet for
restringing, and I don't know that the customer would spring for that.
 
Thanks,
Richard Morgan

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