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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:pianowrmonroe@hotmail.com"
title=pianowrmonroe@hotmail.com>William R. Monroe</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 17, 2002 =
1:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Charging for Pitch =
Raises</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike and List,</DIV>
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<DIV>If one properly pitch raises an instrument, and finishes with a =
solid
fine tuning, is there validity saying that the instrument will not =
hold this
tuning as well as if it were tuned regularly? I was under the =
impression
that in this scenario, the instrument would hold tune well, perhaps =
only
slightly less well than a regularly serviced instrument on which PR =
are not
needed or performed.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> It's my =
experience that
after you've raised pitch more than about 20 cents (varies =
piano to
piano), the tuning will not hold as well, no matter how many =
times you
go over it, as it would had the piano been up to pitch when you =
started. It may also depend on how long the piano stood at a =
lower
pitch. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><<That brings up another =
point.
How many technicians raise pitch in increments in this case? I =
find no
reason not to yank each string over pitch by 1/3 of the flatness no =
matter
how flat it is. String breakage does not seem to be a problem, =
and
40-50 cents over is not unusual. However in talking to those =
in our
Syracuse chapter leaving the piano below pitch, or raising in 10-20 =
cent
steps until the proper pitch is reached it most common. Any
comments? Mike =
Kurta >></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> Nah, I pull it =
right up
there, overshooting by about 25 - 33%. If the piano is
somewhat decrepit or the strings show a lot of rust, I try =
not to
yank. If it's really old (before 1900 or so) or gives =
indications of
not being able to "take" A440, I might leave it at A435, where it =
was
designed to be anyhow. Also, I tighten plate screws first and =
seat
strings on the bridges first on old pianos, just to break "rust =
bonds" and
jar them loose a little before I bring them up all that =
way. I
don't see the point in the increments method -- if something's gonna =
go,
it'll do it on your last increment, whether that's today or in 5 =
years
(assuming you quit raising pitch when something "goes"). =
--David Nereson, RPT, =
Denver</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>