<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>I've run across the "no sag syndrome" = several times. Now I check as I go to make sure everything is moving like it = should. I think it is due to a low tension scale, no crown and a beefy plate/ = case. Without any plate compression whatever pitch you pull the string to is = where it stays. Easy to tune because the neighboring notes have no effect on each = other. I pulled one up from almost 100 cents flat that stayed right where I put = it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>kpiano</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 23, 2005 = 10:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: missing photos / individually looped strings, etc.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 = size=3> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/22/05 11:58:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, <A href="mailto:emailforjc@yahoo.com">emailforjc@yahoo.com</A> = writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fef9b4" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2>The difference in stability between<BR>a standard model (individual = loops) and a Conservatory (shared strings) was<BR>dramatic. At that early stage, = the lower cost Conservatory was much more<BR>stable, even though it is = identical in design except of the shared strings.<BR>After some time and = enough tunings, the stability is the same.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Jerry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The strings on the Erard in question were new in relation to the = age of the piano, but had been installed a couple of years ago or more.  = I was quite surprised when a 100 cent pitch raise that was targeting A at = 438 ended up 10-15 cents above A 440 in the middle of the piano.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It seems logical to me that pulling on one side of a looped = string would affect the other side of the string to some degree, however = small.  The individual string could only affect its neighbor via = bridge/soundboard flexion.  I have not researched this, so I haven't any data = other than the aforementioned experience to back up = this hypothesis.  I did find it quite curious, though.  In doing pitch adjustments = with Tunelab for the last 2 1/2 years, I've never had this happen.  I = always end up very close to target pitch.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm just glad I didn't target 440!  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>