[CAUT] Interesting inquiry

[Cy Shuster]

This is common practice when shipping guitars.  The lowered tension reduces the risk of damage -- or so I've heard... I may just be spreading another myth.

--Cy--
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Sturm 
  To: College and University Technicians 
  Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:08 AM
  Subject: [CAUT] Interesting inquiry


  Hi all,
  For your amusement, following is an emailed inquiry I received today:
    We would appreciate your opinion on some advice we have received from Richard Hutton at Crown Relocations.


  The following is what Richard told us:  I have found some information regarding your parents piano. If they contact a member of the 'Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild' (this link will list those members in NM < http://www.ptg.org/findATechnician-showRPT.php?State=NM&Sort=zip >). Ask the piano tuner to then make a note of the 'pitch' of the piano (in it's current setting) and then to 'drop the pitch' - this is loosening the strings. The when the piano arrives here in NZ you can have a piano tuner re-set the 'pitch' back to it's original setting.


  I've heard of using "original parts," but reverting to "original pitch" is a new one on me <G>. So that's what I've been missing all these years!
  It does show that the Piano Page gets used, even internationally. Maybe we're making some progress.
  Regards,
  Fred Sturm
  University of New Mexico
  fssturm at unm.edu





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