Steinway ringing, was Treble ringing problem

[Alan McCoy]

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Wim,
 
Is the ringing throughout the scale? Or can the afterring be localized? Just
the bass not cutting off cleanly? Just the tenor? Have you gone through the
piano to make sure the strings are level and that no individual dampers are
leaking? It may be that the damper felt is to blame - too hard. Are the
dampers sluggish? If so in S&S pianos it is often because the damper wire is
leaning too hard against the guide rail felt. Pedal rod adjusted correctly
with enough lost motion? Some of these are so obvious that I am sure you
have checked, but I thought I'd throw them out anyway. I have noticed a few
newer S&S grands damping to be not as effective, in the bass particularly.
On first blush I was guessing that the felt is the culprit, but I haven't
been in the position to investigate these pianos. 
 
Speaking of S&S dampers. I have noticed here at the school quite a bit of
disparity in damper scaling in the tenor. Quite a few have flat felt in the
front. I though that I understood S&S damper scaling but now am questioning
my understanding. Isn't the traditional S&S approach in the tenor to put the
tricord in the front and flat in the rear? (Exepting the couple near the
bass strut that have only tricords, and also excepting the 6 or so dampers
at the top tenor which are all flat).
 
Alan
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Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
509-359-4627
amccoy@mail.ewu.edu



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From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Wimblees@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:38 AM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Steinway ringing, was Treble ringing problem


While were on this subject, please allow me to change pianos. Last year I
brought up the problem of a student complaining about a B having too much
after ring. Now one of the piano professors said the new D has too much. I
thought it was the "nature of the beast," but the piano professor claim
earlier Steinways do not have this problem. He claims another piano
technician, well known to this list, at another SEC school, said it has
something to do with the alloy in the damper wire, or something to that
effect. (If you know who you are, you may identify yourself.) 
 
What is the opinion on this? What, if anything, have any of you done to
solve this problem?
 
Wim
Willem Blees, RPT
Piano tuner/technician
School of Music
University of Alabama

 


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