<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I didn’t check the becket but = the string was moving ever so slightly…. I guess that could have been = the problem <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Warren Fisher Sent: Thursday, July 07, = 2005 1:04 PM To: <st1:PersonName = w:st="on">Pianotech</st1:PersonName> Subject: RE: Stretchy = Strings<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Jim <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sounds like adjacent strings are possibly = crossed.  Did you check the strings behind it to see if one was way sharp?  = That much turn is impossible without breaking a string.  = <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Did you check to see if the string becket or = crosspiece that goes into the tuning pin hole is broken off? That would give you zero = pitch change.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Warren</st1:pl= ace></st1:City><o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div> Warren Fisher- Navy Retired - <st1:place = w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Slidell</st1:City>, <st1:State = w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:State></st1:place> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 98 2500 Dodge Cummins TD, DTT Auto, Smart = Controller, E-Brake, ATF, EGT, and Boost gauges, Mag Hytec tranny and differential = pans, Aux. tranny cooler, 4" exhaust, monster air filter, engine 125 hp = upgrade.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 02 Titanium fiver 28E33, aerodynamic front = end, 2-120W solr panls, Friendship 2000 invrtr, <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> four Lifeline absorbed glass mat battries, = Honda 5000 genset<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- = <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From:</span= > <a href="mailto:altieri@nepiano.com" = title="altieri@nepiano.com">altieri</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" = title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><o:p></o:p></font= > </div> <div> Sent: = 7/7/2005 9:12:21 AM <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Subject: = Stretchy Strings<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> Hello,  I havent posted much here yet but = Ive been listening and learning.  This list is a great help to people = new to this business.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Ive just had someone give me a chickering = quarter grand.  I believe its from 1929 or around then.  When I went = to do a pitch raise it seems that most of the strings reacted normally but = Ive gotten to one that I was able to turn the pin about 180 degrees and the = pitch was not changing.  It seemed like it was only stretching a section = of the string maybe?  The strings have not really been cared for and the = inside of this piano really needs some tlc but I was wondering if this is a = hint that the whole thing should be restrung (which I might attempt anyways) or if = this is something I should worry about on a string by string basis.  Apparently their old tuner told them that he really didnt = want to charge them for tunings anymore because this piano would not hold the tune.  When I saw it at their home some of the pins were very = loose.  Now that it is in my garage (its been fairly humid here in CT) the pins = are all at a normal tightness it seems.  Im guessing this might of = just been a result of dryness in their home?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Any comments are = appreciated.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks,<o:p></o:p> Jim Altieri<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>