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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi List,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I tuned a piano today. Very nice Kawai =
console, about 17
yrs old. It looks like it's 2 years old. Piano is up to =
pitch.
Nothing out of the ordinary. I tuned up to f#7 and broke that
string. I could almost "tell" it was going to break. The =
pitch
wasn't changing and the pin got harder to turn. But, I wasn't =
focusing on
that, so it broke.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Now comes the strange part. I replaced the =
string.
As I was bringing it up to tension, it broke. That's a first for =
me.
Let me start off by saying I think I'm a pretty good stringer. =
Becketts
are always tight in the pin, coils are perfect, the right number of =
coils and
pin height is all perfect. Ok....maybe I wasn't paying close =
enough
attention when this string broke. String number 2 (or three =
however you
look at it) put it on...again...perfect. Finished tuning the =
piano. Went back to touch-up tune the new strings and wow ....they =
dropped
in pitch. Ok...retune them. retune them...retune =
them...retune
them....HEY! Something's going on here. I stopped and tuned =
just one
string. As I tune, I bring it up to pitch, but now I keep playing =
the note
with out turning the pin. I can easily hear the pitch =
dropping. I
retune and the same thing. I look at the pin, and the beckett is =
clearly
slipping out. Finally the whole thing pops out. Damn...Next =
string I
made sure there was wire poking out the other side. Finished =
tuning it up
and noticed the pitch was dropping on this new string too...Man how can =
this
happen?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I let the customer know there may be a problem here =
in the
future, as I'm getting frustrated at this point. Pitch was still =
dropping
when I left. I'm thinking I may need to replace the tuning =
pin. I
know I could just put the wire through farther and bend it over like =
Baldwin
does on their vertical pianos.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>This shouldn't be happening right? Like I =
said...I think
I can string well enough, that that isn't the problem. =
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Any thoughts</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Mike Bratcher</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>