Thanks Jim, I must have missed the discussion of hammer technique, thinking it meant impact hammer, (which I don't use) instead of impact technique. However if you would like to elucidate, I am sure we would be more than grateful. Is it like "nudging" or the "motorcycle throttle" motion? That seemed to be what you used to clean a unison to the point that surprised me. ---ric ---------- > From: Jim Coleman, Sr. <pianotoo@imap2.asu.edu> > To: Richard Moody <remoody@easnet.net> > Cc: piano tech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: Tied bass string, will it break? > Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 12:01 PM > > HI Richard: > > I've tied many bass strings. The one thing that makes the greatest > difference as to whether it breaks or not is the way it is pulled up. > On a vertical piano use a tuning hammer position at 2:00 O'clock. This > causes a lowering of tension at the very moment when the pin actually > turns in the pinblock (the pin is crowded down tighter in the cradle of > the pinblock hole as the pin is rotated. It then springs back up, raising > the pitch without the added stress of the bend at the coil). Using an impact > method of hammer techniques which has been explained adequately on this > list lately is very important. If you were working on a grand, you would > likewise use a 10:00 O'Clock position to accomplish the same thing. > > Jim Coleman, Sr. > > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Richard Moody wrote: > > > > > I am servicing an Emerson upright from 1890. In raising to pitch a half step(to > > 438 hoping for 435) , one bass string broke. The first single going down in the > > bass.
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