Young Chang

[Greg Newell]

On Wed, 04 Mar 1998 17:01:45 +0000, Mike Masters wrote:

>I have a customer with a new Young Chang G-150. (actually I have quite 
>a few customers with new YC grands) I tuned her piano (dealer warranty) 
>about 2 weeks ago. She called me last week and couldn't quite describe 
>the problem. I was there earlier this morning to investigate, and found 
>a problem that is common in most (if not all) YC grands (and other makes 
>as well). The sound is a ringing coming from the non-speaking lentgh 
>between the front duplex and the capo bar in the mid and high treble. I 
>can put my finger on the strings in this area and the *noise* stops for 
>that particular note. I know that some manufacturers will use a felt 
>strip or stringing braid woven through the strings to mute the noise in 
>the rear duplex, but I've never seen this done at the front. I have 
>never taken time (before today to find the cause, I always assumed it 
>was a characteristic of the YC piano that couldn't be fixed. Guess I was 
>wrong. I haven't talked to YC yet, but do plan to. I think I'm going to 
>go ahead and try stringing braid in this area, unless someone (Don 
>maybe?) has had any different experiences or ideas. Looking forward to 
>the advice of the list. Thanks in advance.
>
>Mike Masters
>Masters Piano Service
>Lakewood, OH
>


Mike,
	You can go ahead and mute this if you wish but I rather think
you might be better off trying to tune it!  The duplex scaling does
make a difference in tone and is there as an added feature.  First
check with the manufacturer to see that these are not a duplex bar
that has locator pins going into the plate.  These you cannot move
and it could be bad to try.  Hope this helps.
					Greg
Greg and Mary Ellen Newell
Greg's Piano Forte`
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
gnewell@en.com