[pianotech] (no subject)

[Matthew Todd]

I also forgot to mention that after I the initial "snap" and me bringing the note back up to pitch, I lowered the pitch a second time on some of the same notes, and it did exactly the same thing (snap, pitch drop)

Matthew

On Sun Sep 5th, 2010 11:29 AM EDT Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft wrote:

>Sounds to me like the string rusted and stuck to the agraffe. Once it broke loose it just dropped.
>
>Al -
>High Point, NC
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>> I went to tune a Knabe grand yesterday.  On this piano, I decided to drop pitch a little before bringing up to pitch.  When I lowered tension on the monochords, I heard a loud snap followed by the pitch dropping drastically.
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>> I have encountered an upright that did this and I was curious as to the reason why.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Matthew
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