<< In my experience with night club pianos, I could more times than not get a new string (plain wire) stable in 2 calls, often that meant with in 5 days. ---ric Ric, If this were true, a re-strung piano could be stabilized in a week or two, and that has not been my experience. Bob >> Greetings, I had been meaning to post to this point earlier. I often replace strings that only need to be pulled up once or twice before becoming stable. If a lot of care is taken to move it around the bends in a logical sequence, it stabilizes quickly. I don't see that happening on restringing jobs over new soundboards. Those pianos go flat for a year or so, cumulatively requiring 30 to 60 cents of raising over the first two years. I think this is the sounding structure compressing rather than the wire continuing to stretch. A new replacement string becomes stable a lot faster than a completely restrung piano. Regards, Ed Foote
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