Baldwin G scaling problems?

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi John,
Try measuring the second partial with the SATlll,  when the fundamental has
first been tuned you may find a large disagreement .
Had one Yamaha that had readings 15cents apart. Only changing the strings
helped.
Actually I took the readings and changed the string with the highest reading
and the new strings matched the old one so strings were saved.
If it is only one or two bad ones you can place a rubber mute just above or
below the winding to cool the sounding of the higher partials. This will
also change the color of another string, a negative for sure.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Minor" <jminor@uiuc.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 4:06 PM
Subject: Baldwin G scaling problems?


> I tuned a Baldwin G from 1932 at a church recently and cannot seem to
> satisfy the ears of the choir director. It sounds a bit like a spinet in
> the bass, with wild harmonics. When I tuned to the SAT III, the 2 bichords
> on the treble bridge sounded awful to the ear! The piano was rebuilt by
> the best rebuilders in the area using Mapes bass strings. I wondered if
> they might not have gotten a bad set of strings. Anyone else notice any
> scaling problems on this model?
>
> John Minor
> University of Illinois
>
>