<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3211.1700" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Terry, The tool that I make is 11" = long and will reach through the dampers to seat most uprights in the treble. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To do the tenor and bass one must = remove the knee board.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The tool has a straight and a bent end = for doing grands ( the treble from below with action removed ) and can be used in = the combination handle.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any one can make one but mine are ready = to go <G> check below.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@primenet.com">imatunr@primenet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.primenet.com/~imatunr/">http://www.primenet.com/~imatu= nr/</A><BR></DIV> <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:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>Farrell</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> Sunday, February 18, 2001 = 7:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: String = massage</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I had been thinking about dropping a post on this for some time. = Sandy Whetherholt, RPT from our Southwest Florida chapter did a technical = recently on just such a device. I have been using it with great sucess since = then. It is just a brass rod with a little slot in the end that I stick into my = combination handle.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I only use it on grands, because of the more difficult access to = strings on the vertical. When the grand is only a bit flat, perhaps 10 = to 15 cents flat, I massage or push down all plain wire strings. I don't do = the bass - doesn't seem to matter there. It makes more difference in the upper = treble. One is trying to raise the pitch of the backscale to the target string = tension. When you pull a string up to pitch and hit it several times = with the hammer (piano hammer, that is!), and it keeps going flat, it is likely = that the backscale tension is less than the speaking length string tension. = By pressing down on the speaking length, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>String stretching tool</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:pianola@online.no" title=pianola@online.no>Ola = Andersson</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> Sunday, February 18, = 2001 5:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> String massage</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi gang!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I got a reply from Ruud Billenkamp = </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>some months ago and now I'm going to pitch = raise and tune one of those Rippens</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I made myself a string voicing tool = of a brass rod that I can put into my regulatingscrewdriver.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can it help me to stabilise the = pressure of the speaking and nonspeaking areas if I massage the string?</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2> 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.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do anybody have thougts about this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What part of the string do I start = with and how much massage is needed?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tried to use the archives but = it want work today.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also seen this done by Jim = Coleman on a Video but he used it for setting the string.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many Thanks </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ola Andersson<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>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></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT>= </BODY></HTML>