---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Danny, I'm with you on exploring any and all voicing possibilities before doing something radical like changing string scale. The Yamaha GH-1 is a particularly problematic piano, and I have yet to hear one that "works" at the tenor break. I think it is a weak spot in the scale design. There may be other design flaws as well, which I would be interested to hear about, if anyone has thoughts about it. Mary Smith At 05:57 PM 7/20/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Mary, > >This is just a thought, but after tapping down the string once again at >the hitch pin, "lightly" at bridge pins, making sure the string is NOT in >a groove on the bridge / capo bar, etc., then try resurfacing the hammer >of the problem note, voice the shoulders with a single needle 2 times on >each side, forward & back sides, then "sugar-coat" (as Ron Neblett calls >it) the hammer right on the two edges (top side) with no more than 2mm >penetration starting halfway up one side, around the top, and down halfway >the other side. Voicing the hammer this way does something physically to >the string to vibrate it in a different way eliminating a lot of >the "weird" sounds you describe coming out of the piano you are trying to >tune. > Strange as it may sound, I had a (somewhat) similar problem with > a Kawai KG-3E at the Jr. College I tune/repair for that Don Mannino and > Ron Neblett (whom I talked to about the problem) both recommended this > process. And , IT WORKED !! I did not rescale or change out a > string(s) thinking it was no good, etc. > IF after going all through this process and the "weird" tones > persist, then string replacement/scaling, may help. However, I'd go > through the WHOLE piano to make sure loose screws, "minor" soundboard > cracks, loose debris, etc is still NOT a problem in causing some kind of > frequency vibrations. > It's just a though and I hope (maybe) I help you remember to do > something you may have already known to do. > >Danny Tassin, RPT >Jackson State Comm. College ><mailto:DLTassinpiano@juno.com>DLTassinpiano@juno.com > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/9c/96/b3/49/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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