Welp?? whaddo I win????? :D (Gosh I feel like I'm on "The Price is Right" !!!) Well- it sounded "bridge-y" to me... Hmmm.. Anyways.. Yes. I am strange. So strange, they put an "s" on the end of my name. Pluraled my strangeness. :) On Oct 5, 2005, at 2:10 PM, Jeff Olson wrote: > Michelle "Very" Stranges: > > <I vote that the bridge was maybe kinda sorta doing something rather > "funny", yaknowwhatimean??> > > God help me, but I think I do :-). Actually, this is the closest > to being > right, though I'm not sure I can award you my planned 20 Bonus Points > without something a bit more specific. > > It seems to me you did pretty well on guessing a mystery problem > awhile > back, too. > > JeffO > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Stranges" > <stranges@Oswego.EDU> > To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:31 AM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Case of the mysteriously breaking treble strings > > > >> I vote that the bridge was maybe kinda sorta doing something rather >> "funny", yaknowwhatimean?? >> >> :) >> >> (Sorry - just got out of a (di)faculty meeting... more like an >> episode of >> Romper Room...) >> >> Sheesh!! >> >> :( >> Michelle >> >> On Oct 5, 2005, at 8:24 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: >> >> >>> JeffO, >>> >>> You didn't say _where_ they broke, did you? >>> >>> Were the pins driven so far that the string rode up and over the >>> lowest >>> coil and broke at that point? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Jeff Olson [mailto:jlolson@cal.net] >>>> Sent: 04 October 2005 22:44 >>>> To: College and University Technicians >>>> Subject: [CAUT] Case of the mysteriously breaking treble strings >>>> >>>> Speaking of UFOs, I was having trouble identifying the cause for a >>>> stubbornly breaking treble string in the high treble of an older >>>> upright. >>>> >>>> It began with one string that broke twice. The first time, I >>>> assumed >>>> I'd >>>> nicked it or something installation. The second time, I >>>> wondered if it >>>> was >>>> hanging up on something. But I'd cleaned and polished the >>>> pressure >>>> bar, and >>>> I didn't spot anything abrasive on the bridge or harp. >>>> >>>> Then, as I started chipping the piano to pitch, several more >>>> strings >>>> broke >>>> in the high treble (#13). I decided to measure the wire, >>>> though it was >>>> coming fresh out of a new packet (Roslau), and was surprised >>>> that the >>>> labeled 13 was actually 13 1/2. That seemed odd, but not >>>> likely to >>>> explain >>>> the breakage. In any case, I switched to 13 -- actually micced >>>> it this >>>> time -- and the strings still broke. >>>> >>>> Then, finally, I figured it out. Any ideas about what the >>>> "mystery >>>> cause" >>>> was? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> JeffO >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Conrad Hoffsommer >>> I tried to get a life once, but they were all out of stock. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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