Steinway Damper Ringing

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:48:39 -0800


I've always liked that one...;-]

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: John Minor <jminor@uiuc.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Received: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:44:13 -0600
Subject: Steinway Damper Ringing

>I had a customer with a new B that had harmonics bothering him. After trying everything 
>I decided it could be "room acoustic" and left it at that.

>Not long after that I was tuning our Hamburg D in it's small concrete block storage room 
>and noticed similar ringing harmonics and couldn't seem to find the cause there either. 
>Later that day, when the piano was on stage, I did a touch up tuning and the harmonics 
>were GONE! My explanation: ROOM ACOUSTICS.

>John Minor
>University of Illinois 
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