[CAUT] bass strings

[Mitch Staples]

Wim,

I can't say for sure that crushed strings would have a different tone but
they might.  Personally I don't think it really matters.  If the customer
noticed an abnormality in a new high quality piano it should be taken care
of.  I'd replace the strings.

Mitch Staples
working late at Ohio State University
  -----Original Message-----
  From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of
Willem Blees
  Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 5:43 PM
  To: caut at ptg.org
  Subject: [CAUT] bass strings


  A new customer bought a new M&H AA in August. When I tuned it yesterday,
he complained about some tone problems in the last 7 bass notes, (G2 - B2).
I was able to voice some of the problems away, but a couple of notes still
bothered him. I asked that he play the piano for a while to see if the notes
in question would get better with playing. The apartment in which he lives
is small, and the piano sits next to an open window, which is very common
here.

  I don't hear what he is complaining about. So perhaps it is one of
perception, more than actual sound. He noticed that the winding on some of
the strings are a little different than on other strings. The best way I can
describe it is that the windings look like they were "crushed" ever so
slightly. You can see it only when you look at the strings at an angle, with
the light from the window shining on the strings.

  Would that cause the strings to have a different tone?


  Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
  Piano Tuner/Technician
  Honolulu, HI
  Author of
  The Business of Piano Tuning
  available from Potter Press
  www.pianotuning.com

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