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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mr. A440-or-die posting =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I serviced a 15-or-so year old Yamaha =
GH1 this
evening. Lady lives right on a salt water canal and leaves all windows =
and doors
open 24/7 for about ten months out of the year here in west-central
Florida.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Piano was a little rusty (never seen a =
piano more
rusty that this one!).</FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This piano has set a new rusty-string =
standard for
me. I'll be going back there to fine (?) tune the piano in a week or two =
- at
whatever pitch the piano settles at (my expectation is that it will be =
somewhere
below A440). But my question is could these strings be so weak that they =
stretch
much more than usual - kind of like a stretch right before it breaks? It =
seems
that when you bring a string up to standard pitch, it stretches and =
settles at a
lower pitch. Any other piano I have ever pitch-raised pretty well stays =
where I
put it - but not this one. I've never seen anything like =
it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When removing a few of the old rusty =
broken
strings, I would grab the string with a pair of pliers to yank it out - =
and the
sting broke again - I've never before broke a piece of piano wire by =
just
tugging on it!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I told lady it is time to restring. =
Maybe that
PureSound stainless steel wire would be of benefit in this piano. The =
owner did
tell my that she is not changing her lifestyle for her piano, and that =
she is
going to keep that piano until she dies (I'd say she was 40s-ish and =
pleasingly
healthy, so that may be a while!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry =
Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>