Judith A. Hornberger posted: >>Pluck a piano string, then play the same note normally. If the note sounds better plucked than struck you know there is a problem with the hammer or action. If the pluck-struck test test produces similar but not very good tones you better start looking at the soundboard, bridges, string terminations, name on fallboard, etc.<< Dear Judith, Thank you, thank you! Because of your post, I now know how to say what I meant to say. In a nutshell: Pluck a piano string, then play the same note normally. If the note sustains better plucked than struck, you know there is a problem with the hammer or action. Conversely, if the note sustains better when struck than plucked, than you know there is a problem elsewhere. Hence the question I was attempting to ask, is there something more that one can determine by plucking a string only, in determining the potential tone or voice of a piano? Keith A. McGavern, RPT Oklahoma Chapter 731
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