<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>I've always been convinced in the = better stability of separate hitch pins for each string and your comments below = makes it clearer  to me why. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>While pitch-raising = old </FONT><FONT color=#000080 size=2> junkers witch separate hitch-pins that = haven't been tuned for decades (style Erard, Broadwood,Pleyel e.o.) I'm often amazed = to find the tuning to get stable so easily.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>For what concerns the advantage when = there's a string broken just before a concert, (still two left) <FONT = color=#000080 size=2>it's ok as long as the pianist doesn't uses the una-corda and = the missing string is the right handed one. (still will have one poor string to sound)</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>I think I've red somewher on this = list that an other advantage of the separate hitch pin was the better alignment and = equal distance from bridge-pin to hitch pin?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>PierreGevaert</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Belgium</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> Original Message ----- </FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>From: "Peter Lamos" <</FONT><A href="mailto:selahpiano@hotmail.com"><FONT size=2>selahpiano@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>To: "'Pianotech'" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT = size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:04 AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Subject: RE: There's always a = hitch</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2>> Dearest Friends = (religious, non-religious, and of all political<BR>> parties),<BR>> <BR>> = Someone responded off list with some good info.  I didn't include = their<BR>> name in case they responded off list for a reason. The info = follows:<BR>> <BR>> There are several positive advantages for separate hitch pins = for each<BR>> string.  I give the details below for comparison only = and not for<BR>> discrimination against pianos not having hitch pins for each = string.<BR>> <BR>>  <BR>> 1. With each string having its = own hitch pin, if one string breaks in<BR>> any one note, there are at least = two left.  This is a great advantage<BR>> during a concert.  In = the case of one hitch pin for two strings, you can<BR>> have one string = go missing in two notes, or two strings in one note,<BR>> which will = leave the one string note very weak.<BR>> <BR>> 2. Strings elongate = (stretch) according to string length.  In the case<BR>> of separate hitch = pins, the strings in the same note are quite uniform<BR>> in length, since = the tuning pins and hitch pins are fairly equally<BR>> spaced.  This = helps for better pitch stability of strings (unisons) in<BR>> the same = note, providing the tuning was well done. <BR>> <BR>> 3. When a piano is = subjected to a fair amount of atmospheric (humidity)<BR>> change, the = strings in pianos using one hitch pin for two strings of the<BR>> same note = (because of their difference in overall length) will be<BR>> affected differently.  The pitch of the shorter string will rise a<BR>> = little more than will the longer of the two on the same hitch pin, when<BR>> = humidity levels go up. And the opposite is true when the humidity = level<BR>> drops.  I notice this all the time when I get to tune the same pianos<BR>> (that have used the one hitch pin construction for two = strings) at<BR>> different times of the year.  It is not the same when I tune<BR>> Bosendorfers, or other pianos, that have separate hitch = pins for each<BR>> string.  The unisons of the notes are usually uniform, = even though the<BR>> center area of the piano scale has either risen in = pitch, or dropped, as<BR>> the result of the atmospheric changes.<BR>> = <BR>> 4. When comparing the sound of two pianos that have not been tuned for = a<BR>> while, the piano with just one hitch pin for two strings will sound = more<BR>> out of tune, because the addition of the out of tune unisons, due = to<BR>> unequal string lengths on the same notes.  This will not be the case<BR>> with the piano that has hitch pins for each string.<BR>> = <BR>> I trust that the above makes sense. It is what I have = experienced during<BR>> my 50 plus years of piano service work.<BR>> =  {End quote}<BR>> <BR>> And in response to a different post:<BR>> = <BR>> *BTW, I'm not familiar with the model.<BR>> *  Are the = knots:<BR>> *   German  0////|------<BR>> *or French  0^v^v^v^v^v^v//---- ?<BR>> <BR>> I don't know, but they didn't = answer to "parle tu Francais?" or "spraken<BR>> sie Deutsch?"<BR>> <BR>> = Peter Lamos<BR>> Brunswick, GA<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech list = info: </FONT><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"><FONT size=2>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></A><BR><FON= T size=2>> </FONT></BODY></HTML>