I think those Essex are made by Pearl River, who makes pianos with popping aggraffes and sticky pins. Some Pearl Rivers have taken me an extra 1/2 hour to tune, and others are flagged "do not tune again". The Pearl River tech guy says the popping gets better with each tuning, but I've yet to see that happen. Bob. -----Original Message----- From: Michelle Smith <michelle at smithpianoservice.com> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 4:22 pm Subject: Snap Crackle Pop! Hi all. I did a warranty tuning on an Essex baby grand today and here was the story on every string that had an agraffe: Pull (no pitch change) Pull (a little pitch change) Pull (POP! at the agraffe and the string goes way sharp) Bring down to pitch. I don’t tune a lot of new grands in this neck of the woods. Is the popping noise typical? Michelle Smith Smith Piano Service Bastrop, Texas (512) 466-0238 michelle at smithpianoservice.com ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071205/848c28e5/attachment.html
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC