Maximum tension

[Paul]

Jim
I'm going back to that Knabe on Mon 6/12 to pull up a string and I'll check
it out.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Maximum tension


>
> In a message dated 6/07/2000 7:50:45 AM, Paul wrote:
>
> <<"Also, I have a client with a Knabe grand
>
> that shows a long history of string breakage, twice for me, randomly
across
>
> the scale. This grand has the steep shelf  in front of the agraffs to the
>
> tuning pins.">>
>
> Paul;
>  I have one of these "steep shelf" Knabe thingees in process right now.  I
> don't know the string breakage history on it but I do have a couple of
> questions.
>   On your customers Knabe was there a brass, or steel, counter bearing bar
> right at the point where the strings nose dive down to the agraffes? Also
in
> the upper tenor section, between capo and tuning pins, was there a counter
> bearing bar?
>   There is a secondary bar, felt covered, right in front of the pins but
> where I am speaking of is right where the strings dip down from the plate
web
> to either capo or agraffe.
>
>   Reason I'm asking is the Knabe I am working on has a counter bearing bar
in
> the treble but there were none in the upper tenor section(to capo) or the
> tenor section(to agraffes).   There are what appears to me to be the marks
> left by a bearing bar but as this piano has already been restrung once I
> don't know what was there. I have milled two bearing bars to fit in these
> sections but thought I would ask if you, or anyone else, can recall
whether
> there were any actually there.
>  Thanks.
>  Jim Bryant (FL)
>