[pianotech] strings

[Terry Farrell]

Hmmmm, I don't! If you give each pin a quick back torque bump which  
produces a slight "tick", isn't that dropping the tension a small  
amount?

Terry Farrell

On Sep 12, 2010, at 9:25 PM, PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote:

> 100% agree. With every word.
>
> P
>
> In a message dated 9/12/2010 5:22:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, rnossaman at cox.net 
>  writes:
> On 9/12/2010 1:49 PM, Roger Gable wrote:
> > Steve,
> > I have another perspective on the urban legend of string breakage. I
> > never let the tension down before raising the pitch on suspected
> > strings.
>
> I don't "let tension down" either. I do, however, give each pin a  
> quick
> back torque bump before moving it. This very often produces a slight
> "tick", or "ping" as the string breaks friction, indicating some  
> bearing
> point was indeed frozen to the string.
>
>
> > On another related subject. I've have many encounters with  
> technicians
> > who pitch raise pianos in stages to avoid string breakage. Why?
>
> To maximize income, naturally, and give the impression they're doing
> something technically demanding. Instead of quickly pulling it up  
> all at
> once, which is the rational thing to do, they can milk it for at  
> least a
> couple more tunings by sneaking up on it. It's utter sheep dip. Pull
> them up and get on with it.
> Ron N

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