Dressing Wild Strings

[Paul McCloud]

The Jolly Roger showed us in a class years ago in Reno that if you tap the bridge pins down into the bridge, it accomplishes the same thing- less false beats.  And it won't dent the edge of the bridge (and cause more false beats in the future).   Works for me.
    Paul McCloud
    San Diego

Paul McCloud
Service Technician for PianoSD.com
www.pianoservsd.com 
Created with free BlueVoda software:
http://www.vodahost.com/partner/idevaffiliate.php?id=9223_1_3_9



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Joe And Penny Goss 
To: Pianotech List
Sent: 03/29/2008 8:50:02 AM 
Subject: Re: Dressing Wild Strings


Hi Matthew,
Early on, when I first started tuning, I was tapping the strings with my trusty railroad spike and 16 pound sledge;
Well that is what it sounded like to the customer. She said "What are you doing to my piano"?
I said "Gulp" stammered and answer.
That was the last tapping for me.
Now I use a noisless tool that massages the string towards the bearing point of the bridge pin.
I try to not push totally against the bridge but mostly against the bridge pin and against the bridge.
The tool will not eliminate all false beats, as there are other reasons for false beats other than loose bridge pins.
But if there is an improvment in the sound of the ringing string, and 90% of the time there is,
it is well worth the time to use this tool as one tunes as well as seating new piano wire.
The tool is the same on both ends and can also be used to level the strings in a grand from inside the action cavity.
I consider it one of my voicing tools, as when the strings are pressed lightly with this tool the fundimental of the pitch is usually much stronger. At least that is what my SATlll and its red lights show me <G>
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Matthew Todd 
To: Pianotech List 
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: Dressing Wild Strings


Can you name the other approaches please?  And what do you mean by destructive?

Matthew

Richard Brekne <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:
Dont :) There are several other approaches that are less destructive 
and have better long term results. And remember... you will never get 
rid of them all.

Cheers
RicB


Can someone tell me where I can get a brass rod used for supressing
beats, or how I can make one?


Thanks!
Matthew







You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080329/7b53d708/attachment.html