<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: String massage</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>My observation is that if you have massaged the string (that was = flat to begin with) firmly enough (no whacking!) to stretch/raise the pitch of = the backscale, the pitch of the speaking length will then be lowered until = you raise the pitch by turning the tuning pin. Some of the pitch will come back up = as the string cools.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:thepianoarts@home.com" title=thepianoarts@home.com>thepianoarts</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 19, 2001 = 11:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: String = massage</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>Ola,<BR><BR>I use the brass rod method in setting = unisons in pianos that don't render well. One note: rubbing and pushing down = on the wire will lower the pitch. Some of this change is caused by heat, = allowing the wire to stretch, and lower in pitch.  It is quite = dramatic how the pitch will change from rubbing. Don't be fooled...the pitch = will creep back up, within abount a minute.<BR>   <BR><BR>Dan Reed<BR><BR>Dallas Chapter<BR><BR>Ola wrote:<BR><BR><FONT = size=2><FONT face=Arial>Can it help me to stabilise the pressure of the = speaking and nonspeaking areas if I massage the string? Espessially in the last = one and a half octave. Will it save me time and give me a more stabile = result? I've tried it and noticed the string reacts alot to it.<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=2><FONT = face=Arial>What part of the string do I start with and how much massage is needed?<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=2><FONT = face=Arial>Many Thanks <BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Ola Andersson<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>The Reply was<BR>><BR>>> I had to pitch raise = and tune a Rippen today!<BR>>> My question is:<BR>>> Because of the =  long "non speaking" area of the string next to the pins.<BR>>>(Sorry for my bad explaination but I'm exhausted) = you know what I mean. How<BR>>>is the best way of doing this on a = Rippen (pitchraise + tune)? I suppose you<BR>>>done = some?<BR><BR>>My way, could be, pitch raise first, gentle of course, then press down? and<BR>>strike all the wire from the hitchpins to the tuningpins = to loose all the<BR>>rusty points where the wire sticks to the pins and <BR>>Then press the sustain and BANGG all the keys to equal all the<BR>>tensionpartials.<BR>>Well I could do it this way i = think.<BR><BR>Rudyard,<BR><BR><BR></FONT></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BL= OCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>