Jim, To me it sounds like bad bass strings. You might try, before ordering a new set, giving the existing strings an extra twist. Rattles come from the windings coming loose on the core wire. Tubby-ness is dirt and grime getting into the windings. Just choose a half dozen of the worst equally spaced up and down the bass section and see if the noises go away and/or tone brightens up. But, 45 years is a long time for a school piano. You will probably need new strings. Of course, it might be the bridge too. That can be checked if the first experiment fails and you get ready to re-string. Always check pins and separations before any re-stringing job. Paul JSmith3109 at aol.com Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org 09/25/2007 08:37 PM Please respond to College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> To caut at ptg.org cc Subject [CAUT] Bass Bridge Help! Piano: Baldwin Hamilton Studio school piano - Probably 45+ years old. The bass (only the bass ) is tubby, rattles, bad sounding notes, vibrations, etc. I am assuming it is the bass bridge that is loose. Cannot see any separation. I do not know exactly how to repair this. Anyone help?? Thanks so much! Jim Smith ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070926/fc1f0ecc/attachment.html
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