lowering pitch for bass bridge repair

[Richard Oliver Snelson]

You mentioned removing the bass string completely. I wouldn't do that.
Take them off the hitch pins but leave them attached to the tuning pins.
No need to stress the beckets by taking them off the tuning pins.

Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: lowering pitch for bass bridge repair


> Hi Steve,
> Feel free to remove the bass strings, without, lowering the tension on
> any other strings.
> It is routinely done, all the time, to change bass strings for a new
> set.
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Borgstrom" <orchman@attbi.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:05 PM
> Subject: lowering pitch for bass bridge repair
>
>
> > Hello gentlebeings,
> >
> > I need to repair a cracked bass bridge on a vertical piano. It is
> NOT
> > cracked by the bridge pins, but just a break on the wood underneath
> the
> > bridge that is attached to the soundboard. I can handle the
> > woodworking/gluing part of it, but being a new tech, I have a coupla
> > procedural questions:
> >
> > I need to take the bass strings off their hitch pins, so I assume I
> > need to lower the tension on the tenor and treble strings too.
> Question
> > is, how much? 1/2 step, whole step, or till they are loose and
> floppy
> > but not overly loose and floppy? Or remove them all, placing them on
> a
> > wire?
> >
> > Any other "heads-up" reminders about this kind of repair directed
> > toward a newbie are welcomed and appreciated!! Thanks, all!
> >
> > Steve Borgstrom
> > Brooklyn Park, MN
> >
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