[CAUT] bass strings

[Jim Busby]

Wim,

I'd ask Bruce Clark (M&H). I've watched them at M&H put on a bass string, or set, then immediately listen to/critique it. If they don't like what they hear they make more strings "on the spot" until they do like it. I was quite impressed with their "finickiness". Bruce is a stickler for a good bass, even though he still disagrees with Del's and Ron's ideas of "backscale", cantilevers and such. (go figure)

Regard,
Jim Busby BYU

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Willem Blees
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:43 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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