Definitely a good reason to restring. What is the string angle from capo or agraffe to that cast bar before the tuning pins like? On my current project I can only imagine from the string angle present that this thing must have been a bear to tune. I will be altering it somewhat. Not too drastic but I do hope to make it easy to tune even after the strings aren't quite as fresh as when I finish. Food for thought. Greg Farrell wrote: > I tuned a 1940s Baldwin L today. It has always been a nasty piano to tune. > Today was no exception. Especially in the upper tenor. You pull up a bit, no > change in pitch, pull a bit more, no change, pull a bit more and BOING you > are 20 cents sharp. Lube the heck out of the felt and agraffe with Protek. > No change. After staring at it a while I realized that some clown had pained > the plate and of course painted the agraffes. The felt areas and other > string areas with no plate below were taped off, but all the string segments > with plate below were painted gold. So now after a few decades of pulling > the strings a little tighter each time, I suspect we now have the painted > section inside the agraffe - and I think that is causing the rendering > problem. Does this make sense? Strings have a fair bit of corrosion on them > also. I had never run into such a stubborn case like this. > > Sounds like we have a good reason to restring. Yes? > > Terry Farrell -- Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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