Detuning bass strings was Re: loose bridge pins

[gordon stelter]

Hi Joe,
    Up in norhern Pennsyvania back in the 70's a a
fellow broke up a piano in this fashion and was
impaled by a piece of plate strut. Killed him.
     Please don't try this again.
     Thump

--- Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> A few years back I decided to try an implosion of a
> piano that was
> unrepairable.
> With the piano almost at pitch, I took
> OUT All of the screws holding the plate! Nothing
> happened! I then took an
> eight pound sledge and began to give several good
> wacks to various struts
> and thin spots that were not covered by strings and
> still nothing! I never
> did get the critter to go! So to me  if a plate is
> going to go there must be
> some weakness already thereI must have beat on that
> plate for 5 minutes, go
> figure.
> Joe Goss
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Tizzard" <ptizzard@mweb.co.za>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:45 AM
> Subject: Detuning bass strings was Re: loose bridge
> pins
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > A couple of weeks ago someone asked if they could
> detune just the bass
> strings, to work on the bass bridge, without
> damaging the frame. I was
> surprised to read that one can! I have always been
> led to believe that you
> have to detune the piano in a specific way eg. all
> A's, A#'s etc. I see that
> Ron Nossaman has again ok'd the procedure, so I
> wasn't seeing things. How is
> it that structurally the frame is able to withstand
> the release of tension
> in the bass area? Is it related to the findings of
> Al Sanderson, that the
> plate is "loaded up more equally" when pitch raising
>  starting on A1 and
> going up chromatically?
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul Tizzard
> > S. Africa
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:51 AM
> > Subject: Re: loose bridge pins
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >Can you "safely" pound in loose bridge pins
> without structural damage
> to
> > > >the piano?
> > >
> > > Probably, but it won't make them tighter.
> > >
> > >
> > > >If this is not recommended, what about
> "soaking" the holes with 5 min
> > > >epoxy, with the pins in place?
> > >
> > > CA works as well. Do you mean just pins, or pins
> and strings?
> > >
> > >
> > > >They are semi  loose, but not to such an extent
> that you can remove
> them
> > > >without the aid of a needle nose pliers.  If
> need be, can i safely
> detune
> > > >the entire bass section, in order to remove and
> replace ALL the old
> pins?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > >There are NO cracks in either bridge, so I just
> want to get the pins
> TIGHT
> > > >as quickly and easily as possible. Thanks for
> the help!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Terry Peterson
> > >
> > > Now, why do you want to tighten the pins? If
> there are no cracks, what
> are
> > > you hoping to accomplish in the bass? What about
> the treble? What's the
> > > situation with the piano, and what kind of
> piano, that indicated you
> needed
> > > to make the pins tighter?
> > >
> > > Ron N
> > >
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