<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try drill bit oil. Too much friction.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Snap Crackle Pop!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I wonder how Goose Juice or Protek applied at the agraffe, would help?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=anrebe@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net">Andrew and Rebeca Anderson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Snap Crackle Pop!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>It is common on cheap chinese agraffes.  You are lucky no strings broke.  I've had that happen on new pianos coming out of the box.  Plan on letting down to a pop and then smoothly pulling up to pitch.  <BR><BR>Andrew Anderson<BR><BR>At 03:22 PM 12/5/2007, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>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: <BR> <BR>Pull (no pitch change) <BR>Pull (a little pitch change)<BR>Pull (POP! at the agraffe and the string goes way sharp)<BR>Bring down to pitch.  <BR> <BR>I don’t tune a lot of new grands in this neck of the woods.  Is the popping noise typical?<BR> <BR></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Michelle Smith<BR>Smith Piano Service<BR>Bastrop, Texas<BR>(512) 466-0238<BR>michelle@smithpianoservice.com<BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR> <BR> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>