[CAUT] pitchlock

[Jim Busby]

Alan, Barbara,

I don't remember Scott mentioning this use (trichord bass on a D), but
Vince and I experimented with it, and it worked well.

We coupled the center and right strings only. It made a big difference.
It's probably better to do away with those wound trichords (redesign) in
favor of bichords, but couplers really do remediate the problems there.
(i.e. tuning, "you can't quite get them to sound good together".)

Tune just as Scott recommends for the plain trichords; Right, center
with right, then left to the 2 coupled strings. 

Regards,
Jim Busby BYU



-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Alan McCoy
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:33 PM
To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] pitchlock

Barbara,

I usually join all three  together. That's Scott's general
recommendation.

Alan


> From: Barbara Richmond <piano57@insightbb.com>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>"
<caut@ptg.org>
> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:39:53 -0500
> To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] pitchlock
> 
> HTML MessageJim,
> 
> When you've used the Pitchlocks on tri chord bass strings,  do you
just attach
> the offending string to the next one, or do you use two and link all
three?
> I'd go look for the article in the Journal--<that would take some
time>--but I
> don't remember that it included bass strings.
> 
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Jim Busby
>   To: ilvey@sbcglobal.net ; College and University Technicians
>   Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 12:03 PM
>   Subject: RE: [CAUT] pitchlock
> 
> 
>   David, list,
> 
>    
> 
>   The tri chord bass strings in a D are also greatly helped by
Pitchlocks.
> 
>    
> 
>   Jim Busby
> 
>    
> 
> 
>
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> 
>   From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David
> Ilvedson
>   Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:06 AM
>   To: caut@ptg.org; pianotech@ptg.org
>   Subject: [CAUT] pitchlock
> 
>    
> 
>   List,
> 
>    
> 
>   Sometime ago I was complaining about a new Pleyel upright with at
least 8
> mismatched bi-chord bass strings.   I could'nt get a clean unison and
the
> octaves were impossible.  A few weeks ago I installed some pitchlock
clips to
> the offending bass strings and voila...much better unisons and
octaves.   I
> was going to change the bass strings...  Definitely worth keeping in
the tool
> kit.
> 
>    
> 
>   David I.


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