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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sounds normal. I have just finished tuning my S&S 'A' for =
the first
time following its restringing. Before I put the final semi-tone of =
tension on
I literally pulled all the Bass covereds so as to pre-stretch them - for =
just
the reason you describe, Alan. I just grasp those strings one-by-one and =
pull
them. Wearing gloves, of course! For the metals I borrow =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
12.0pt'>one of those pizza cutters with a peripheral groove from my wife =
which …………(she
doesn’t know about) </span></font><font color=red =
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style='font-family:Wingdings;color:red'>J</span></font><font size=2 =
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w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font>=
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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Alan Barnard [mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 23 September 2005 =
03:50<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Weird Pitch =
Drop</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Reinstalled a newly capped and
repaired--cantilevered on an apron--bass bridge today on a Solomon (? =
Chinese)
upright.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>After replacing the bass strings, I =
brought
them up to roughly to pitch and tuned them to pitch twice. The rest of =
the
piano was then very close to pitch, so I tuned on up, maybe 2 to 5 cents =
per
string.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Then I rechecked the bass and =
found
it had dropped a fairly even 10 cents. Retuned and all is well. BUT ... =
I
panicked a little, thinking the bridge had lifted or rolled or otherwise =
failed
somehow. But no, everything looks fine, no separation or =
anything.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Normal</st1:place></st1:City>? or =
what?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span =
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Barnard<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:State =
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