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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Doepke</b> <<a href="mailto:bdoepke@verizon.net">bdoepke@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have a client that lives pretty far away and I have a new single wound string to replace in her piano. <span> </span>In order to save another trip out there *
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">after</span></b>* it is installed…you know, for string +stretch<span>+ ,</span> is there a way to pre-stretch the string so that there will be minimal stretch after it is installed?</span>
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<p><strong><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Brian P. Doepke, (dep-kee)</span></font></b></strong><span></span></p>
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<div>Hi Brian, </div>
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<div>I do it more often than I care to! I don't know of a way to Pre-stretch the string, you should be able to tune it about 25c sharp and pound it flat then take it sharp again. What I usually end up doing is blocking the new string off with an extra mute or piece of felt until I get back by to re-tune it a few times. New strings just ain't fun or profitable when the customer is too far away, that's why I've gotten very good at knotting broken bass strings! <grin>
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<div>Mike<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The way some people find fault, you'd think there was some kind of reward.<br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com
</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>