Any such adventure is going to take you a bit of time. But if you have the time and the customer is willing to pay for the job, loosen the strings in the treble section and remove the pressure bar. Then resurface both the pressure bar and the termination. With Kawaii pianos you will need a fairly wide (1 mm, and keep it consistant) termination, with a nice rounded edge. I personally go with a pretty steep rounding, almost a "V". Remember to check the depth of the pressure bar before removal. Another thing, sometimes false beats related to the termination / pressure bar area can be lessened by re-seating the strings with a so called false beat eliminator tool (available from Schaff I believe). Press firmly on the string between the termination and the pressure bar instead of the speaking length. Course you wanta make sure this area is indeed the cause of the falseness, but I have yet to see this job not make a marked improvement in sound clarity. "John M. Formsma" wrote: > List, > > What about the pressure bar adjusted improperly? To check this, I > pressed a rubber mute against the section of string in between the t-pins > and pressure bar, and the noise was lessened. This makes me think that the > garbage is related to the pressure bar since its function is to eliminate > this kind of noise. > > > > John Formsma > Blue Mountain, MS -- Richard Brekne Associate PTG, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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