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<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 21, 2007 9:29 AM, Annie Grieshop <<a href="mailto:annie@allthingspiano.com">annie@allthingspiano.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">A small Brambach grand did something yesterday that has left me bamboozled.<br>I'd appreciate any information, suggestions, advice....
<br><br>When I got there, the piano was surprisingly well in tune, considering its<br>overall condition. Two trichords in the 6th octave (below the break) were<br>playing chords, but the rest was pretty OK.<br><br>I pulled one of the offending notes into tune, and almost immediately one
<br>string went "BANG" and dropped pitch, taking the other with it. I pulled it<br>back up -- no, it had not broken -- and then both of them did the same thing<br>(big BANG, very flat). I've had that happen after treating pins with CA
<br>glue, but never before, and I hadn't treated any of them at that point. (I<br>did later, but it didn't have much effect.)<br><br>Here's the part that really confuses me: after that happened, one string of
<br>a 2nd octave bichord went terribly flat on its own AND a cluster of four<br>trichords just above the break in the 6th octave also spontaneously went<br>horribly awry. I had not touched any of them.........<br><br>The plate does not appear to be cracked, and I didn't find anything else
<br>that looked particularly suspicious. What am I missing here (other than the<br>chance to call the trash collectors and get the thing hauled away)? Thanks!<br><font color="#888888"><br>Annie Grieshop<br><br></font></blockquote>
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<div><br>Hi Annie, </div>
<div>I'll assume you looked very carefully for gremlins? <g> Were the plate perimeter screws all down tight?</div>
<div>How about the pinblock screws? Speaking of which could you get a look at it? How did it look? </div>
<div>It IS a Brambach so having it hauled could be viewed as a mercy judgement call! <grin></div>
<div>Mike</div>
<div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>People who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those of us who are doing it.<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>