<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I was trying to not write a whole = page of text. What I was trying to indicate was that I used a very small (four-or-five-cent) overpull to try and raise pitch a quarter step in less than five passes. What I actually did was = pull each string about four or five cents sharp of A440 - even at that rate, = on a normal piano, it would have required at least two passes to end up at A440.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rrg@unlv.nevada.edu = href="mailto:rrg@unlv.nevada.edu">Robert Goodale</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 22, = 2003 12:22 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Rusty Stretchy = Strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why were you trying to tune it to = A-441?  That certainly would not have helped the situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pitch was 25 to 50 cents flat and = three strings were broke. Raised pitch to A441. Popped a half-dozen strings. After = replacing strings the piano was up to 20 cents flat in some areas. = Raised pitch again to A441. Popped a couple more strings. After replacing = those, several areas of scale were five to ten cents flat. Started bringing = those areas up, popped a couple more strings and then had to tell the = owner that no way was this piano going up to standard pitch by me (sure glad = the two bass strings that shot across the room missed that glass-fronted = china cabinet). </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>