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<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=
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<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>
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<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
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think.<BR><BR>Rudyard,<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML=
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