---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Phil, Could it be that the new wire, is in a nice clean area of the capo bar, and is sounding cleaner and brighter than those around it? I usually burnish out the new string with a hammer shank, burnish until the wire feels almost warm. This will make a big difference to unison stability. Leaving a piano on the dock exposed to the open air, is a bummer. Regards Roger At 09:38 AM 3/7/2004, you wrote: >Hello all. > >Recenty, a wire broke on this piano(G5-G#5 unison) during a show..hey, it >happens right? > >Anyway, a few days after the show, the tech director calls me to tell me >that a string has broken and wants it fixed asap - not a problem. This is >a piano I regularly care for. > >The Piano was pulled out of its 'house' in order for me to replace the >string. Where it was pulled to was just inside of the loading dock doors >on a day when there was another show coming in..approx. 60% RH kind of day >here. > >The piano was in this environment for approx. 4 hrs total time. After I >changed the wire, I told the tech director to please move this piano back >in its 'house' asap. He assured me he would, and at this point, I am >assuming that it was moved back quickly..we have a great relationship. > >The first show after that incident was Friday Night. What I observed was >the killer octave section(D5-G6) was pretty far out..much more than it >normally is..ok...I tuned, spending a little more time on the repaired >wire and this section in general. > >Saturday Morning I get a call from the tech director telling me that the >guest soloist was complaining about some "ringing in the piano". I was >scheduled to be there at 5:30 to tune anyway...and I've been notified of a >problem. > >When I got to the piano at 5:30, what I observed was the killer octave >section, in general, had really gone sour..and what the soloist was >hearing, honestly, was the new wire G#5 unison falling just a bit..but >what _I_ heard made me take notice and wonder: > >-the whole section in general sounded bad. Would a broken wire in that >section affect that section affect the bridge that much? I haven't seen >that in the past. with other wire replacement on this instrument. > >-The environment that the piano was in for approx. 4 hrs. was much harsher >than its use to, and this is my gut feeling as to why the piano was a tad >sick Friday night..or.. > >-is it possible that my pin-setting technique needs to be more critical(if >that's possible) with this section of the D(I haven't seen this problem in >the 5 years working with the instrument)..or.. > >-Is it possibly all of the above? > >I'm scratching my head on this one, and if you have experience with the D >in a similar concert setting, I'd like to hear your gut feeling. > >Thanks, >Phil Bondi(Fl) > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/02/ad/e9/bb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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