String Noise

[Richard Moody]

Are these notes at the plate strut?  Were the strings "leveled" but
it got worse? Are the agraffes loose, or could be seated better? 

Richard Moody?

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> From: Mark Caldwell <mrkcld@sirius.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: String Noise
> Date: Saturday, June 28, 1997 4:39 PM
> 
> I am not a technician, but I would like to pose a question to the
group
> about a problem with my piano that has eluded my technician's
efforts so
> far.  The instrument is a Baldwin L made in 1961.  The problem is
what
> my technician described as string noise, a disagreeable high
frequency
> edge to the note that does not respond to voicing.  It's happening
on
> the second G above middle C, and to a much lesser extent on the F#
and
> G# adjacent to the G.  To date, the technician has replaced the
strings
> in that section of the keyboard and filed the metal ridge (sorry I
don't
> know the technical name) that the strings pass over on their way to
the
> tuning pins.  We have just replaced hammers, shanks and flanges in
the
> entire piano (Isaac hammers).  The string noise problem persists. 
I
> would appreciate any suggestions from the group on other things to
try.
> 
> Mark Caldwell