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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mike,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not often , but at times the new =
string will
break becuase of a falt in the wire. Just the other day at our chapter =
meeting
it happened while replacing a string on an old beater we are doing a re =
whatever
to raise chapte funds. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yep twas I at the hammer when the =
string
broke.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Remeasuring the string showed all =
materials used
were correct, so a fresh wire off the same stock was used. My thinking =
was that
too many cooks had been in the pot resulting in over stressing the wire =
at the
bend causing the failure. In the situation that you describe, it would =
be my
thought, though not liking the idea, to let the wire stick through the =
tuning
pin about 1/4" so that the wire could be bent over ala cheep spinets =
from the
60s. I do not like the double bend </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>as =
it makes
replacing a broken string much harder. But if the old pin is holding =
fine why
replace it when this repair will let it hold the new =
string?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=MBratPianos@Indy.rr.com =
href="mailto:MBratPianos@Indy.rr.com">Mike
Bratcher</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 28, 2004 9:53 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> wire coming out of =
beckett</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi List,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I tuned a piano today. Very nice Kawai =
console, about
17 yrs old. It looks like it's 2 years old. Piano is up to =
pitch. Nothing out of the ordinary. I tuned up to f#7 and =
broke
that string. I could almost "tell" it was going to break. =
The
pitch wasn't changing and the pin got harder to turn. But, I =
wasn't
focusing on that, so it broke.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Now comes the strange part. I replaced the
string. As I was bringing it up to tension, it broke. =
That's a
first for me. Let me start off by saying I think I'm a pretty =
good
stringer. Becketts are always tight in the pin, coils are =
perfect, the
right number of coils and pin height is all perfect. Ok....maybe =
I
wasn't paying close enough attention when this string broke. =
String
number 2 (or three however you look at it) put it
on...again...perfect. Finished tuning the piano. Went back =
to
touch-up tune the new strings and wow ....they dropped in pitch. =
Ok...retune them. retune them...retune them...retune =
them....HEY!
Something's going on here. I stopped and tuned just one =
string. As
I tune, I bring it up to pitch, but now I keep playing the note with =
out
turning the pin. I can easily hear the pitch dropping. I =
retune
and the same thing. I look at the pin, and the beckett is =
clearly
slipping out. Finally the whole thing pops out. =
Damn...Next string
I made sure there was wire poking out the other side. Finished =
tuning it
up and noticed the pitch was dropping on this new string too...Man how =
can
this happen?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I let the customer know there may be a problem =
here in the
future, as I'm getting frustrated at this point. Pitch was still =
dropping when I left. I'm thinking I may need to replace the =
tuning
pin. I know I could just put the wire through farther and bend =
it over
like Baldwin does on their vertical pianos.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This shouldn't be happening right? Like I =
said...I
think I can string well enough, that that isn't the problem.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Any thoughts</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Mike =
Bratcher</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>