Pearl River strings hanging in agraffes

[Avery Todd]

Howard,

I have also had the same problem at a dealership where I do some work. Back
in June 2006, I asked Mark Wisner the same question, plus about the tuning
pins & wire. Here is his response:

>The tuning pins are cut thread pins.  The wire is Roslau tinned wire.
Neither of these are >the problem.  The problem is that the vendor that
supplies the agraffes screwed up the >bevel of the agraffe wire hole.  The
problem has since been corrected.  Fortunately, once >the pianos are tuned
several times and the wires "breaks" the holes edge, the problem >goes away.
>I know of a tech down here in Southern California that is putting a dab of
lube where the >string enters the agraffe, kinda dangerous, in my book.  If
you have to eliminate the >problem immediately you can use a string hook and
brass rod to mate the string to the >agraffe.
>

>Mark

It does seem to have gotten better, although I haven't tuned a grand in a
while now.

Avery Todd, RPT

On 8/18/07, pianotuna55 at comcast.net <pianotuna55 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Hello list:
> I do the service work for the local Pearl River dealer here in town.  For
> their size and price, they get a surprisingly decent sound.   There is a
> troublesome problem in tuning these brand new pianos: the plain wire strings
> "hang" in the agraffes.  The "ping" is not in every string but enough to
> make the tuning difficult.  You know what I mean.  I've dropped the tension
> before tightening and this helps some but the problem still exists.  I
> haven't contacted Pearl about this yet.
>
> Now, am I the only one that is having this problem?
> Howard Jackson
>
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