String Levelling guestions

[David ilvedson]

> From:          "Eugenia Carter" <ginacarter@email.msn.com>
> To:            "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject:       Re: Re: Re: String Levelling guestions
> Date:          Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:21:39 -0400
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

Join the Piano Technicians Guild. Go to chapter meetings.  Start 
reading the Journal.  Attend PTG conventions and keep up with 
whats going with pianos!!!!  

David ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA


> Dear Richard Answermedo,
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> <<" I can ask another loaded
> question, "When did you'all start leveling strings>>
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> I guess I was one of the lucky ones for string leveling was SOP when I was
> taught in 1983. This was also subsequently reinforced through classes I took
> at PTG conventions from LaRoy Edwards, Susan Graham, Wally Brooks, Rick
> Baldassin, Bill Garlick to name a few.
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> I freely admit that on the average home piano I do not routinely level
> strings. Usually I find so much more that needs to be done (repairs, hammer
> shaping, regulation, etc.) before this will be that effective. However,
> that is not to say that I don't; sometime one or two notes will stand out
> and checking the string level
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> On the concert instruments I routinely check string leveling since these are
> well maintained pianos. Since I tune these frequently I am very (ahem)
> attuned to even slight changes in tone. As I am tuning if I hear something
> that needs to be addressed, the first thing I check is string level - it's
> the easiest since I don't have to pull the action to do so.
> 
> Though I don't have any scientific data to prove it, one of the reasons I
> check string leveling (in addition to "that's what LaRoy said to do"<g>) is
> that it seems to me that the force of the hammer repeatedly hitting the
> string in varying degrees (from pp to fff) could cause the strings to alter
> planes. Maybe Dr. C's eagerly awaited by all post will address this.
> 
> Gina
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> Gina Carter, Charlotte NC
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