<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think those Essex are made by Pearl River, who makes pianos with popping aggraffes and sticky pins. Some Pearl Rivers have taken me an extra 1/2 hour to tune, and others are flagged "do not tune again". The Pearl River tech guy says the popping gets better with each tuning, but I've yet to see that happen. Bob.</font><br>
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From: Michelle Smith <michelle@smithpianoservice.com><br>
To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 4:22 pm<br>
Subject: Snap Crackle Pop!<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Hi all. I did a warranty tuning on an Essex baby grand today and here was the story on every
string that had an agraffe: </span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Pull (no pitch change) </span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Pull (a little pitch change)</span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Pull (POP! at the agraffe and the string goes way sharp)</span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Bring down to pitch. </span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I don’t tune a lot of new grands in this neck of the
woods. Is the popping noise typical?</span></font></div>
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