Comments on: Fixing my piano – now the work begins http://perarts.com/blog/2009/06/fixing-my-piano-tuning/ The world of high end pianos Tue, 18 May 2010 07:31:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eric http://perarts.com/blog/2009/06/fixing-my-piano-tuning/comment-page-1/#comment-4119 Eric Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:32 +0000 http://perarts.com/blog/?p=411#comment-4119 Hi Andrew Pianoworks is a great rebuilding shop and can easily do the bridge work and restringing that I required. No, the result is no longer absolutely authentically Yamaha, but that is the price you eventually pay. Yamaha does not offer these kinds of services, so I had no choice but to go outside. Bridge capping is straight forward, if you are a skilled rebuilder. However as you can see from my post, it is not without its risks and should not be taken too lightly. I used a pinblock from Bolduc in Canada. Besides being a friend of mine, Bolduc makes truly excellent pinblocks and soundboards. It took about 10 tunings over 2 months for the strings to settle to the point where I felt a tuning was stable. For a normal person (not somebody who does their own tunings or maybe is as picky as me) 4 tunings over 6 months will probably work. Thanks for reading. Hi Andrew
Pianoworks is a great rebuilding shop and can easily do the bridge work and restringing that I required. No, the result is no longer absolutely authentically Yamaha, but that is the price you eventually pay. Yamaha does not offer these kinds of services, so I had no choice but to go outside.

Bridge capping is straight forward, if you are a skilled rebuilder. However as you can see from my post, it is not without its risks and should not be taken too lightly.

I used a pinblock from Bolduc in Canada. Besides being a friend of mine, Bolduc makes truly excellent pinblocks and soundboards.

It took about 10 tunings over 2 months for the strings to settle to the point where I felt a tuning was stable. For a normal person (not somebody who does their own tunings or maybe is as picky as me) 4 tunings over 6 months will probably work.

Thanks for reading.

]]> By: Andrew Kraus http://perarts.com/blog/2009/06/fixing-my-piano-tuning/comment-page-1/#comment-4118 Andrew Kraus Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:40:02 +0000 http://perarts.com/blog/?p=411#comment-4118 Just started reading your blog after finding you on Piano World, and I'm enjoying it. A few questions came to mind after reading this piece. 1) Why did you pick PianoWorks in Atlanta to do your restringing and bridge work of your CFIIIS? I see from their website that they were Bosendorfer folks, but a Yamaha isn't a Bosendorfer. 2) Is installing a new bridge cap fairly straight forward? 3) What kind of pinblock did you go for? Was it "stock" Yamaha? If not, why? 4) On the new string stretching thing - given a typical home environment in Atlanta, or Charleston (way more humid), how long to settle down? How many tunings? Thanks, and all the best. Keep writing. Just started reading your blog after finding you on Piano World, and I’m enjoying it.

A few questions came to mind after reading this piece.

1) Why did you pick PianoWorks in Atlanta to do your restringing and bridge work of your CFIIIS? I see from their website that they were Bosendorfer folks, but a Yamaha isn’t a Bosendorfer.

2) Is installing a new bridge cap fairly straight forward?

3) What kind of pinblock did you go for? Was it “stock” Yamaha? If not, why?

4) On the new string stretching thing – given a typical home environment in Atlanta, or Charleston (way more humid), how long to settle down? How many tunings?

Thanks, and all the best. Keep writing.

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