<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV> <DIV>A little Protek at the pressure bar and V bar, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would set A4 to 440 (tuning unisons as you go), then tune A3, A2, A1, A5, A6, A7 etc. as octaves.</DIV> <DIV>Then retune A4 to A440, tune D4 from that and all the D's up and down.</DIV> <DIV>Retune A4, tune E4, and octaves</DIV> <DIV>Recheck D4, tune G3, and Gs up and down, etc.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My theory is that each string HAS to be tuneable to pitch, but not necessarily to as much overpull as a one-pass raise would require. Doing fast octaves, as above, will distribute tension evenly across the plate and bring it up enough that a normal pitch raise procedure, and a tuning pass or two should put the piano in good shape without inordinately stretching those poor old strings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How's the bass tone? While they are already so flat, banging them a few times to loosen the crud may help tone.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tomtuner@verizon.net href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">TOM DRISCOLL</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=files@ptg.org href="mailto:files@ptg.org">files@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 05/11/2006 12:17:53 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Files] Fw: 6 pictures for you</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Wing and son upright piano from around 1930 as best as I can tell.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Flat strung with this unusual strut behind the soundboard.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This piano is 200 cents flat and I don't know what to do !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm a pull it up to pitch guy,but this one makes me nervous.Thoughts?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Driscoll RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    P.S. "Sostenuto Al Bel Canto" --from  Babelfish online translation means</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>             "Supported to the beautiful song"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://tinyurl.com/h59o3">http://tinyurl.com/h59o3</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://tinyurl.com/gnn9j">http://tinyurl.com/gnn9j</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://tinyurl.com/gt5rd">http://tinyurl.com/gt5rd</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://tinyurl.com/gejct">http://tinyurl.com/gejct</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://tinyurl.com/eeuu2">http://tinyurl.com/eeuu2</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://tinyurl.com/fpn7k">http://tinyurl.com/fpn7k</A></DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0006.jpe">http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0006.jpe</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0007.jpe">http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0007.jpe</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0008.jpe">http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0008.jpe</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0009.jpe">http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0009.jpe</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0010.jpe">http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0010.jpe</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0011.jpe">http://ptg.org/pipermail/files/attachments/20060511/151608e4/attachment-0011.jpe</A></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>