The placebo affect, as I'm sure you know David, is a medical phenomenon, and only accounts for 20 percent of 'cures'. Are you suggesting that undeniable, audible improvement in tone and tuning clarity cannot be attributed to strings not making full contact with the bridge? What is your preferred technique for encouraging strings to actually touch the bridge surface? Regards, Stan Kroeker, RPT On 8-Feb-10, at 9:14 AM, David Love wrote: > The placebo effect is very real. > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > Ok, so now I am a bit confused. Hopefully the strings do not need/ > require seating. But, if they do...well why not? I have mixed > advice/opinions but in my limited 40 year experience(s) most of the > time there is an audible improvement as well as improving > stability. I am under the impression that one can over do the > seating process and certainly the overall bearing is a > consideration. We have a new Baldwin SF (about 5years new) that had > similar issues and notable almost zero bearing. You could almost > see the bridge under the strings as they crossed the bridge. And > the professor remarked "what did you do...it sounds so much > better". The tuning frequency has also decreased. Any similar > experiences, comments, or opinions. > > Henry Nicolaides > Piano Technician, School of Music > Southern Illinois University > Carbondale, Illinois > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100208/dc237b2b/attachment.htm>
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