<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C5C86D.6009C290"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso@01C5C86D.6009C290"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="date"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in' id="role_body" bottomMargin=7 leftmargin=7 topmargin=7 rightMargin=7> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ll ditto that. I rarely = replace bass strings anymore, and never with universals. (<span = class=GramE>why</span> do I still carry them around???) Almost always I am able to tie them. If = I can’t I replace them with <span class=SpellE>Mapes</span> duplicates, always = the pair on a <span class=SpellE>bicord</span>, never just one. = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I really appreciated the tip a few = months ago about putting the loop in the leader string with needle nose vice = grips, using a continuous motion making a very small hole. Check out the archives. It = was posted on </span></font><st1:date Month="4" Day="13" = Year="2005"><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy'>4/13/05</span></font></st1:date><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> from David <span class=SpellE>Vanderhoovfen</span> with pictures. = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoAutoSig><b><font size=6 color=navy face="Bradley = Hand ITC"><span style='font-size:22.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley = Hand ITC"; color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dean<o:p></o:p></span></fon= t></b></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New = Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dean May<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>       &nbs= p;     </span>cell 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New = Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>PianoRebuilders.co= m<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   = </span>812.235.5272<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New = Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Terre Haute = IN<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  = </span>47802<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span = style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>David Ilvedson<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 03, = 2005 9:37 AM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: some days = you get what you ask for</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br> As a pain in the ass as it is to come back, I've quit using universals = and always mail the string to Mapes for duplicating.   It does = cost the customer more but, imho, it matches the other string much = better.   <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p = style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>D.I...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>= <div style='border:none;border-left:solid black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in = 0in 4.0pt'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></font></div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Original message<br> From: Piannaman@aol.com<br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Received: 10/2/2005 6:39:31 PM<br> Subject: some days you get what you ask for<br> <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br = style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>List,<o:p></o:p>= </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Friday was certainly an interesting day on the job.  First piano was an old = Erhard upright, a nice old box made in 1919, pretty good shape.  It had a = broken high treble string on it, which I'd been aware of, and I replaced it no problem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Next piano, Acrosonic, circa 1950s.  Pitch raise, twang, G#2 wound = bicord snapped. A perfect candidate for one of the universal bass strings = a lug around.  As usual, spinning off excess copper was the most time = consuming part of this job.  Again, no real = problem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I was thinking about how much I've improved in various repairs, thanks to many = tips gleaned from this list and elsewhere in the PTG.  This type of = repair was once something I dreaded, now it's just something I do in the line of duty.  "But," I told myself, "don't get cocky.  = How long's it been since you've replaced a long wire in an understrung = section of a piano?"  It had been awhile.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Which brings me to the next piano:  Steinway, a regular client, a nemesis = piano that always finds a way to lengthen the appointment beyond an acceptable length.  A 1915 or so M re-whatevered badly a couple of decades = ago.  I was hoping for the best, but it was the usual 8-10 cent late-summer = pitch raise.  No problem, at least until I got to A3.  Twang.  = The A#3-A3 wire snapped.  Went to the car, got stringing stuff = including tube to get string onto hitch pin.  In the failing light of the day, I = got the job done, but time would have been saved had I brought in my shop light = so I could see better to route the wire through the bridge = pins.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The upside:  3 strings on the day, no bloody finger = tips.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The weirdness:  Haven't had a string break in a few months.  Why = did they all gang up on me on one day???<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tip #1:  putting some tension on the wire makes it MUCH easier to get = the string placed properly around the bridge pins in the understrung = areas.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tip #2:  Lighting is a good thing when doing this sort of = job!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks for reading,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p= ></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dave Stahl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>