Ricca & Son Piano

[Stephen Airy]

And, when I DO restore/restring the piano, I was
wondering -- do you think it might be possible to put
some metal tabs/bars UNDER the strings, so when you
press the middle pedal (which right now does nothing)
it will shorten the speaking length of at least one
string from each unison, thereby giving an out-of-tune
sound?  I would like the tabs to be individually
adjustable, but if not my idea is approx. 33c in the
bichords, 25c from the first trichord to E-44, 15c
from F-45 to D-54, 20c from D#-55 to E-68, and 25c
from F-69 up to C-88.

--- Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is> wrote:
> Hi Stephen
> 
> Oh I see. The only way you´ll achieve that is to
> de-tune the piano.    But 
> the strip adds a funny tone.
> 
> 
> Kristinn
> 
> 
> At 14:01 7.12.2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >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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