Hi Alan, I suspect the strings were not tensioned equally in all segments and that the friction at the brige prevented the strings from sliding across. At 10:50 PM 9/22/2005 -0500, you wrote: > Reinstalled a newly capped and repaired--cantilevered on an >apron--bass bridge today on a Solomon (? Chinese) upright. After >replacing the bass strings, I brought them up to roughly to pitch and tuned >them to pitch twice. The rest of the piano was then very close to pitch, so >I tuned on up, maybe 2 to 5 cents per string. I rechecked the bass and >found it had dropped a fairly even 10 cents. Retuned and all is well. BUT >... I panicked a little, thinking the bridge had lifted or rolled or >otherwise failed somehow. But no, everything looks fine, no separation or >anything. Does that seem weird? Common? Normal? or what? Alan Barnard >Salem, Missouri No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG >Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.5/110 - Release Date: >9/22/2005 Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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