<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Take all the strings off, then = restring.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Will you be attending to the = bridges?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I highly recommend that before you remove any = strings, fully evaluate the shape of the soundboard (crown between all ribs), = downbearing (front, rear, total, everywhere), and piano tone - soundboard performance (especially in the killer octave area - form your = own opinion and be sure your opinion meshes well with the owner's opinion). = Those steps will help avoid a situation where the owner thinks the piano = is deficient in some way that actually relates to one or more of the above issues and thinks that new strings will fix a soundboard problem. I would also cover the issue that you can't guarantee that the = soundboard will perform exactly the same way after restringing as it did before restringing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Bill Ballard" <</FONT><A href="mailto:yardbird@vermontel.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>yardbird@vermontel.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:33 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: String Removal during Restring = with Original Pins</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Dear List,<BR>> <BR>> I = about to restring a large piano leaving the original 2/0s in place. = <BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SNIP</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>