lowering pitch for bass bridge repair

[Steve Borgstrom]

Bought a tilter with Christmas gift money from my parents. Tipped the 
piano last night for the first time. Definitely worth the price of 
admission! <grin> Thanks for the help, folks!!

Borgy

> Absolutely. I did a bridge repair and that is how I left the strings. 
> Definately the way to go. You can tie them up and get them out of the 
> way quite easily. You will also find that doing all this work with the 
> piano tilted on its back on a tilter much easier also.
> Terry Farrell
>
>> 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

>>> 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