[pianotech] Was high and outside now silent pitch lowering

[richarducci at comcast.net]

Cy,
How often do you break strings on these pitch raises?

Rick Ucci
Uccipiano.com
609-677-0444

On Oct 28, 2012, at 10:48 PM, Cy Shuster <cy at shusterpiano.com> wrote:

> I use TuneLab for pitch lowering or raising. I make a pass without mutes (since the display shows all the strings), and it calculates the overpull for each note. 
> 
> I just did an 80-cent raise on a 5'3" grand, and the first pass brought everything to within five cents of target! Took me 17 minutes. Generally the bass sections take very little adjustment; the longest plain wire the most; and the top section varies a lot. Twisting every pin the same amount may be fast, but it's not accurate.
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> After the first pass, which identifies any action problems, I pull the action, clean, lubricate, adjust, etc., then do my final, careful pass.
> 
> --Cy--
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> Cy Shuster, RPT
> Albuquerque, NM
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