Bass string fest

[Isaac OLEG]

On may be 50 schools instruments I service, I did not change any bass
string for 4 years.

I had to change some on Steinway grand's (D) played in Radio France,
but the problem was mostly coming from a "fight" among tuners, one
tuning basses way lower than 12:6 , others more clean, and the piano
of course tell us its disapprobation ...

I noticed that regulation (and of course good voicing care) is of
first importance in breaking strings, the way the tuner move the
strings play a role for sure also. If the pianist is getting what he
expect from the keyboard, I believe he tend to be less violent (nobody
like the tone of over saturating piano)

I guess also that I've tuned so many rusty old 1/2 tone flat pianos
that I learned how to treat them nice and avoid changing too much
strings, and that is useful now.

But probably I am just lucky !

Isaac OLEG

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de
> Jeff Tanner
> Envoye : mercredi 16 avril 2003 21:00
> A : College and University Technicians
> Objet : Re: Bass string fest
>
>
> I'm wrapping up my 5th school year and I've replaced one
> bass string in one
> of our "new" Baldwin 6000s and Baldwin replaced that one
> under warranty if
> I remember correctly.  In the corner of my shop there are
> the remains of
> several sets of universals hanging on their original rings
> on coat hooks in
> a corner of the shop, hung there by my predecessor.  He
> used key leveling
> leads to weight them down and aside from a set or two, they
> now hang fairly
> straight.  There is a 25 year old set of bass strings for a
> Steinway D
> still in the box in one of the cabinets, less one single
> bass he used as a
> replacement probably 20 years ago.  I've noticed maybe 6 or
> 8 universals in
> the pianos we kept after the 77 piano purchase in 1995.
> So, it looks to me
> as if there haven't been many bass strings changed here in
> a long time.
>
> I'd hate to have to know I was placing an order to Mapes
> once a week!  My
> budget wouldn't handle that very well.
> Jeff
>
>
> > This is interesting. I've been here at UA for almost 2
> years, and I have
> >had two bass strings break. Either you guys have harder
> players, or I'm
> >extremely lucky. How many bass strings to some of you replace per
> >week/year?
> >
> > Wim
>
>
> Jeff Tanner
> Piano Technician
> School of Music
> 813 Assembly ST
> University of South Carolina
> Columbia, SC 29208
> (803)-777-4392
> jtanner@mozart.sc.edu
>
>
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