<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: String massage</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE> Ola, I use the brass rod method in setting unisons in pianos that don't render w= ell. One note: rubbing and pushing down on the wire will lower the pitch. So= me of this change is caused by heat, allowing the wire to stretch, and lower= in pitch.  It is quite dramatic how the pitch will change from rubbing= . Don't be fooled...the pitch will creep back up, within abount a minute.<BR= >     Dan Reed Dallas Chapter Ola wrote: Can it help me to stabilise the pressure = of the speaking and nonspeaking areas if I massage the string? Espessially i= n the last one and a half octave. Will it save me time and give me a more st= abile result? I've tried it and noticed the string reacts alot to it. What part of the string do I start with a= nd how much massage is needed? Many Thanks Ola Andersson </BLOCKQUOTE>The Reply was<= BR> > >> I had to pitch raise and tune a Rippen today! >> My question is: >> Because of the  long "non speaking" area of the str= ing next to the pins. >>(Sorry for my bad explaination but I'm exhausted) you know what I m= ean. How >>is the best way of doing this on a Rippen (pitchraise + tune)? I su= ppose you >>done some? >My way, could be, pitch raise first, gentle of course, then press down?= and >strike all the wire from the hitchpins to the tuningpins to loose all t= he >rusty points where the wire sticks to the pins and >Then press the sustain and BANGG all the keys to equal all the >tensionpartials. >Well I could do it this way i think. Rudyard, </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>