> I lowered the pitch a second time on some of the same >notes, and it did exactly the same thing (snap, pitch drop) That is called ratchetting. Caused by corrosion at the termination and drag on the counter bearing felt. There are two ways to treat it. One is to restring. The other is to install a half-round behind the c/b felt. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100905/7333b65f/attachment.htm>
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