<!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>Hi Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Early on, when I first started tuning, I was tapping the strings with my trusty railroad spike and 16 pound sledge;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well that is what it sounded like to the customer. She said "What are you doing to my piano"?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I said "Gulp" stammered and answer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That was the last tapping for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I use a noisless tool that massages the string towards the bearing point of the bridge pin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I try to not push totally against the bridge but mostly against the bridge pin and against the bridge.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The tool will not eliminate all false beats, as there are other reasons for false beats other than loose bridge pins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But if there is an improvment in the sound of the ringing string, and 90% of the time there is,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it is well worth the time to use this tool as one tunes as well as seating new piano wire.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The tool is the same on both ends and can also be used to level the strings in a grand from inside the action cavity.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I consider it one of my voicing tools, as when the strings are pressed lightly with this tool the fundimental of the pitch is usually much stronger. At least that is what my SATlll and its red lights show me <G></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 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=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</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> Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:05 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Dressing Wild Strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Can you name the other approaches please?  And what do you mean by destructive?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Richard Brekne <<A href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no">ricb@pianostemmer.no</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Dont :) There are several other approaches that are less destructive <BR>and have better long term results. And remember... you will never get <BR>rid of them all.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR><BR><BR>Can someone tell me where I can get a brass rod used for supressing<BR>beats, or how I can make one?<BR><BR><BR>Thanks!<BR>Matthew<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P> <HR SIZE=1> You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47523/*http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com">one month of Blockbuster Total Access</A>, No Cost.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>