pre-stretching update

[Brian Doepke]

Yup!
 
Brian P. Doepke, (dep-kee)
R.P.T. (Registered Piano Technician)
AAA Piano Works, Inc.
Piano Tuning-Repair-Purchase Consults
260.417.1298
260.432.2043
    www.aaapianoworks.com
 
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From: Willem Blees [mailto:wimblees at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 5:00 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: pre-stretching update
 
Brian
 
Did you tell the customer that the string will go out of tune after a while?
If not, then she might think you didn't tune her piano. 
Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Doepke <bdoepke at verizon.net>
To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 2:56 pm
Subject: pre-stretching update
I could not build a stretching jig before installing the new string.  I took
the advise of some smart techs out there and focused on making the string
tight in the tuning pin hole and securing the wraps and tapping down the
string at the hitch pin.   Then I slowly brought the string to ½ step above
pitch and let it sit for awhile as I straightened up my tool kits in the
van.  After about 15 minutes, I checked the pitch of the string and it had
not dropped at all, so I tuned it “slightly”, very slightly,  above correct
pitch and left.  
 
Thank you all for your input.
 
Brian P. Doepke, (dep-kee)
R.P.T. (Registered Piano Technician)
AAA Piano Works, Inc.
Piano Tuning-Repair-Purchase Consults
260.417.1298
260.432.2043
    www.aaapianoworks.com <http://www.aaapianoworks.com/> 
 
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