This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi there, Mr. Barrett. Good to see you on the list, too. Hope things are well for you in Memphis. I did lower the pitch slightly before raising it, but still two strings broke on the one I did yesterday. Yes, I did say "shucks." <g> John Formsma -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of barre46@ibm.net Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 11:32 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Wurlitzer problem Hi John, Glad to see you on the list. This is Norm Barrett and it shouldn't take long to tell you all that I know. What I was taught was to always lower the pitch on a string before bringing it up. This is to break the seal that occurs at the point where the string leaves the tuning pin. What you observed about the angle of the string leaving the pin may be the culprit. When I worked for IBM on punch card machines I observed that new operators had a lot more card jams than experienced operators. You could watch them and they would do every thing right but they would still have more jams. I can also recall that I had many strings break when I first started tuning than what I do now. I wish I could tell you why but I'm sure that I'm not alone in this. By the way, when the string broken did you say "shucks"? Norm Barrett Memphis, TN ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/36/44/9b/05/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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