Resurrections have been known to have taken place

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 21:32 2/8/2007, you wrote:
>does this work for most dead sounding bass strings?
>Thanks.
>
>Vinny
>----- Original Message ----- From: "alan forsyth" 
><alan at forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:45 PM
>Subject: Resurrections have been known to have taken place
>
>
>Yesterday I was tuning a 100 year old Bechstein where most of the 
>single bass strings were dead. So remembering what was mentioned on 
>the list a while back, I proceeded to lower their tension and beat 
>the hell out of them by pounding on the keys. The trick worked; you 
>can actually hear the point at which they come right while beating 
>them. The strings suddenly start sounding metallic. I can only 
>surmise that the strings are dead because they are so stiff. 
>Pounding them seems to release the coils or windings and makes the 
>strings more pliable.
>
>AF


It is a quick and dirty, non-destructive testing and, many times, 
effective tool in our arsenal.



Conrad Hoffsommer

Early to rise: early to bed;
Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.