Ricca & Son Piano

Stephen Airy stephen_airy@yahoo.com
Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:01:41 -0800 (PST)


Like OUT OF TUNE -- around 3 beats per second in the
first trichord octave or 2, 4-6 beats up to 20-30bps
out of tune from C52 up to C88, and also out like 1.25
to 2bps in the bichords.  I'm gonna be restringing the
piano anyway.

--- Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is> wrote:
> Luck is with you my child!  Oooh, that felt good.
> <g>
> 
> I have devised a safe method of making honky tonk!
> 
> 
> Get a thin magnetic strip, and put it on the
> strings.  Make sure the 
> let-off isn´t too close and you have a horribly
> sounding piano.
> One catch though. It won´t stick to the thickest of
> the bass 
> strings.  Except of course if they´re iron wound,
> right?
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Kristinn Leifsson,
> Reykjavík, Iceland
> 
> P.S. You could always get a really strong
> electromagnet and put it behind 
> the strings, making anything with metal stick to
> them.  Just make sure the 
> pianist doesn´t have a pacemaker or an artificial
> hip...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >If you have suggestions for a safe way or alternate
> >way to do this (I want a honky-tonk flat piano
> sound)
> >-- I would appreciate knowing about it.
> >
> >
> >
>
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