John, I concur with David Anderson's tip of the hat to you! PACE Technical Lesson #33 is somewhere in the Journal CD. You may prefer removing the bass dampers while cleaning the soundboard and replacing the strings; they are easily replaced with Bill Spurlock's underlever tool. Ed Sutton -----Original Message----- >From: John Dorr <a440@bresnan.net> >Sent: Jan 28, 2006 9:15 AM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Bass String Installation and THANKS > > >Good morning, > >ed440@mindspring.com wrote "Ask them!" when I wondered why James Arledge >suggests only replacing four strings at a time. DUH! I shoulda thought of >that! So I did, (ask him, that is,) and he responded quickly enough, too! > >He wrote that he suggests it because it upsets the tension which upsets the >tuning of the rest of the piano much less if you only remove 4 at a time. > >But I figure I'm gonna tune it anyway! I believe I even included 3 tunings in >the bid. And I really wanna get a chance to clean the areas that'll be more >exposed when I take all the strings off. > >If I haven't said it enough... Many thanks to all of you who contribute to >this list. I'm an Associate in an area where our ONE RPT is retired and I >don't like to bug him too much, so I don't really have an immediate resource >to ask questions of. I have the Journal CDs and the Technical and Tuning Exam >Source books. I'm taking the Potter Course, and Ward Guthrie lives only 90 >miles away. But you folks offer sometimes more immediate help AND a real >variety of perspectives. I really appreciate you. You're all likely to be a >big help in me acheiving my goal of RPT this year, not to mention my >continuing education as time goes by. > >I don't want to merely be a taker here, though. I hope I'll be able to >contribute from time to time as well. > >Thank you again. > >John Dorr >Helena, Montana >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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