PitchLock install results

[David Ilvedson]

I'm interested in trying them on a Pleyel Upright I have with mis-matched bass strings.   I can not get a clean unisons on several notes and I'm never happy with the octaves of the notes.   I'll let you know how it goes.

David I.



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From: <Tvak@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@PTG.ORG>
Received: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:18:20 -0400
Subject: PitchLock install results


>List

>Just installed a set of PitchLock clips on a Kohler and Campbell console with rampant 
>false beats in the treble.  This was one of those untunable pianos; I always left with my 
>tail between my legs.  Owned by a musician, too.  

>I suggested we use his piano as my guinea pig to see if these devices might not help to 
>eliminate some of the out-of-tuneness in the treble.  I chose his piano to try this on 
>because he was a musician, and would be able to hear any difference more acutely 
>than a layman, and be able to asses and discuss it in musical terms.  And because his 
>piano sounded like @#$%.

>He agreed to let me try it.  I installed the clips from G5 on up, because that's where the 
>false beating was most problematic.

>The results?  A more-than-noticeable improvement.  As I was tuning each unison, I felt 
>as if they sounded a bit strange.  This piano was tinny to begin with, and it almost 
>seemed as if the clips amplified the tinniness.  And, there was still some falseness in 
>some of the unisons, they weren't all perfect. (though some were!) 

>But when I put the tuning hammer down and played the piano, WOW.  It sounded SO 
>much cleaner. It didn't sound strange when being played, and no more tinny than the 
>rest of the piano.  There was no question in my mind, or my musician-client's: they 
>definitely improved the sound of the piano.

>Only time will tell if they also improve the stability of the tuning.  Logic would dictate that 
>they would: only two strings to go out of tune instead of three.  

>I know there was a recent thread on the list re:PitchLock and  I confess I didn't read it.  
>So if any of this is redundant, pardon me.  I rarely have anything to contribute to the list, 
>but I thought you all might benefit from my recent experience.

>Tom Sivak
>Chicago  
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