[pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...

[Avery]

Besides it being a player (flame suit securely zipped up) I personally  
wouldn't do a pitch raise if there were evidence of many new strings.  
Even if not, I would warn the customer of the possibility. But if they  
start breaking immediately, I'd go from wherever the bass is and raise  
it to that. With appropriate warnings, of course. YMMV.

On May 15, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>  
wrote:

> Since we are on the topic, when would you decide to NOT do a pitch  
> raise and tune the piano flat?
>
> For example, I am sure we would pitch raise old uprights that need  
> it, but what if the piano (upright) is 100 years old, 200 cents flat  
> AND equipped with a player?
>
> TODD PIANO WORKS
> Matthew Todd, Piano Technician
> (979) 248-9578
> http://www.toddpianoworks.com
>
>
> --- On Sat, 5/15/10, Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning...
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 5:46 PM
>
> I remember a bass string break in 1976.   I think Aaron Bousel was  
> tuning a 9' M&H at Harvard when the North Bennet class was over  
> there getting our feet wet.  It broke at the hitch pin and the end  
> of this thing went whizzing by his head.  I have often wondered how  
> far into me the end of a freshly broken string would go.  Anybody  
> got any experience?
>    I always wear glasses to tune, but has anybody ever really had  
> blood drawn by a breaking string?  (And I wonder why more older  
> violinists don't have blind left eyes...)
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
>
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