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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hello Brian</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I usually drop the tension on the strings in this
order:</FONT></DIV>
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size=2> left
string of each plain wire trichord</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> left string of =
each
bichord </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> every second
monochord </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> centre string of =
each
trichord </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> remainder of bass =
strings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> remainder of =
treble
strings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>However, I have heard of techs just chomping through =
the wire
from one end to the other with cutters without dropping tension at =
all!
I'm not that brave.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Stephen Powell RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Auckland, NZ</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original =
Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Brian Holden <<A
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href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz">bholden@wave.co.nz</A>><BR><B>To:
</B>Pianotech messages <<A
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href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Sunday, 24 October 1999 11:28 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Restringing
preparation <BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>What is the approved procedure =
for lowering
string tension in preparation for restringing?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Brian <A
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href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz">bholden@wave.co.nz</A></FONT></DIV></B=
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