Jumpy strings?

[Greg Newell]

Richard,
    You may not have caught some of the previous posts on this subject. The
problem is throughout the piano, not just one string.
Greg

Richard Brekne wrote:

> Change the string.. clean up the termination point, and apply proteck
> moderatly. Should do the trick.
>
> Greg Newell wrote:
>
> > Hi again,
> >     Have any of you ever run into jumpy string? I've been tuning a
> > Steinway B in a music school for quite a few years now and it's finally
> > getting to the point where it's almost impossible to tune. Much of this
> > depends on my mood too as to whether or not I want to screw with it.
> > Just like jumpy pins you are nearing the point where you want the string
> > and it jumpy too high or too low. The pin does, however, turn smoothly.
> > I've tried teflon powder on the understring felt and other lubes at the
> > agraffe to no avail. The feedback I get from my trusty rosewood tuning
> > hammer says that the problem is near me not at the other end of the
> > string. I hear something like ticks with the pitch rising if you can
> > imagine that. Any ideas? I'm thinking restringing here if the school can
> > get a grant for the money. I'm fairly sure that would cure the problem,
> > I'd just like to understand it a little better. Feel free to share any
> > insights, s.w.a.g. 's or the like.
> >         Greg Newell
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway