<!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 6.00.2900.3395" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Well, I guess that makes sense. I measured pitch with my Accutuner at the time (use a Veritner now) - I presume I was pretty accurate with pitch measurement. The strings on this piano were in "reasonable" shape - the piano did have some corrosion issues, but the strings were not "highly" corroded. I have to admit that I was a little bit surprised that they would go so sharp before breaking - but they were pretty darn consistent.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></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=paulrevenkojones@aol.com href="mailto:paulrevenkojones@aol.com">paulrevenkojones@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:11 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Breaking Point</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Terry:<BR><BR>Interesting that you were able to measure so "accurately" on average. The typical breakage of plain wire is in the range of 300 cents above it's scaled pitch, or a minor third. You just proved it to yourself. We've done some research projects here at the school with a beautiful jig built by one of our students to prove that point as well. <BR><BR>Paul<BR></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid">Most broke when pulled 200 - 300 cents sharp!</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 4:51 am<BR>Subject: Re: Old Ivers and Pond to pitch raise or not to...<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_8db54519-ee87-4ebc-a721-27a40f4471ae> <DIV><FONT size=3>Like others have said, pull it up to pitch and get on with it. Chances are strings will not break. One time when stripping down a 100+ yo Everett grand I experimented with the strings to see how high I could pull the strings before breaking. Most broke when pulled 200 - 300 cents sharp!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAED382D796561-A0C-129B><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Find phone numbers fast with the <A title=http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001 href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target=_blank>New AOL Yellow Pages</A>!</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>