---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment When I restring, my initial chip starts at the first note in the treble half a step higher than the note itself. (I tune F2 to F#.) (I pinch the beckets, seat the strings, etc., all before the chip tuning.) By the time the entire pianos has been chipped, that F is already down to Eb. That's how much elasticity and soundboard compression there is. There is nothing wrong with pulling above A440. We do it all the time when we pitch raise. Isn't the accepted method to raise pitch 25% above A440 that the pitch is low? (25 cents low is raised to 8 cents sharp. 100 cents low is raised 25 cents sharp.) So if this is acceptable on a pitch raise why not on an initial chipping, much less subsequent tunings? After the chip tuning, the first "real" tuning is done 25 cents high, with the pitch dropping to near A440. But because I know the strings are going top continue to stretch, I will do the second tuning at 10 cents high. The third and subsequent tunings are at pitch. Wim In a message dated 4/1/04 9:20:45 AM Central Standard Time, roger.j@sasktel.net writes: 50 cents? Wow! I've been afraid to do my string-work at anything above A:440; 1. pull to tension / lift coils squeeze beckets 2. pull to 440 / seat & squeeze loops parralel 3. pull to 440 / straighten wire over the bridge fore & aft / burnish it down over the rear duplex 4. pull to 440 / lift wire at agraffes and speaking length/capo, then front duplex I'm just worried about having those bends occur other than at the terminations. I gather you guys are saying: 1.) there's no harm in pulling the strings (initially) that high? 2.) you're acheiving precise results? 3.) you're saving a boat-load of time? thanks, Mark Cramer, Brandon University ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/df/36/a7/f3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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