Sohmer

[Roy Ulrich]

Paul, thanks.

That's the issue I was trying to address - is it possible to back out the
pressure bar and maintain the tone? How far?

For whatever reason I tend to suspect that the pressure bar is preventing
some strings from being seated properly - seems that I do chin ups trying to
raise the pitch of a string albeit carefully, then all of a sudden wham!
It's too sharp. Conversely, trying to lower the pitch even with hard blows
takes an unusual amount of effort.

The caretaker of this instrument is a retired music department chair from
the local college and is in love with this particular Sohmer. My job is to
make my job easier without doing any change (read damage) to the overall
sound. BTW - It has a full Dampp Chaser system installed - the problem is
with immediate changes in already tuned strings while I'm still there.

Thanks
Roy Ulrich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <tunenbww@clear.lakes.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: Sohmer


> Tom and Roy
> There a re several Sohmer 45S's in this area. Most move radically with
> humidity changes and several needed the pressure bar backed out. It had no
> affect on tone etc., but made tuning much easier.
>
> Paul Chick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@mediaone.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 9:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Sohmer
>
>
> > I  service a Sohmer 45S in a New England school  .  My experience with
> this
> > piano concurs with Newtons. Pitch fluctuates  wildly in tenor with
> humidity
> > changes . climate control was of minimal benefit. As for pressure bar
> > adjustment , tunability can be improved  I'm sure,