Oh, I guess I perhaps should have said - I did pull both strings back up to pitch. Everything about it seemed normal - pins felt good and secure. Strings came right up to pitch with what felt like a normal turn of the pin. I hadn't thought of a slipping becket so I had not checked that - but I think you have a good point here Ron, in that it would only be one string if it were up at a tuning pin. I wasn't thinking the hitch pin was moving, but rather maybe the string was not seated all the way - was hung up on a nib of paint or on a nick in the hitch pin, and with the added tension of the pitch raise - and two months - it just did a little adjustment on its own. That's my theory for lack of anything else I can put a finger on. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 10:54 PM Subject: Re: Today's Mystery - String Gone Flat > > >The only thing I can figure is something like the string was not seated > >well on the hitch pin (or maybe a bridge pin) and had been close to moving > >for years, and the added tension after the pitch raise made the string > >closer to readjusting on the hitch pin, and finally it did and the string > >went flat. That's all I can speculate. Anyone else? > > > >Terry Farrell > > I don't believe hitch pin, unless it's breaking or coming out of the plate. > String seating at hitch, no. Seating on bridge, no way. Coil most likely, > but that's usually only one string and up to a half semitone. If the string > isn't walking out of the becket (or breaking in slow motion), and the hitch > pin isn't on the verge of letting go and flying up your nose, it's probably > over now and will never show up again. Pull it back up and see what happens. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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