<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg, concerning the stability of the = unisons, this one is new, in a new environment, and it's probably just settling. You = are aware that you'll probably have to beat this one into submission on your next = tuning, though. The end sections are going to need to be stabilized to the rest = of the string lengths, that's probably all it is. You know that Franz Mohr = always said that you have to pound a piano to get a stable tuning, don't you?  = Do you have ear-plugs?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. I'm not going to address the issue = of the "staples", as I have no experience with them. You mentioned that there = are no false beats, so I don't think that it's loose bridge pins.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=gnewell@ameritech.net = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=Pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 13, 2004 = 3:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Grotrian lost it's = singing tone</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> The relative pitch in a <BR>drafty but otherwise = temperature constant hall is firm but the unisons <BR>don't stay all that well. I = usually don't have problems with stability but <BR>this one is tough. It seems = that the dealers tech, who was called out to <BR>try and search out the = problem too, also had trouble with pitch stability <BR>as I went there days = later and the unisons were not that clear. Thoughts?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Greg Newell<BR><BR>Greg's piano Forté<BR><A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A> = = <BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>