Thunk, wunk

[Jeannie Grassi]

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Hello Alan,
The fact that these strings "look" newer than the others may be a clue.
If someone had decided to clean them with some sort of metal polish,
that could ruin the tone completely.  In that case, the only solution is
to replace them.
 
jeannie
 
jgrassi@silverlink.net

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From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Alan R. Barnard
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 7:08 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Thunk, wunk


1921 Geo. Steck small grand. The bass strings can't be as old as the
piano. They are still copper-colored and "look" fairly clean etc.
 
But when struck, the bichord notes have very little sustain. The singles
do better. The tenor and treble sounds great, very sweet actually.
 
I tried the old remove-loop-and-roll on the worst note. The string looks
a little brighter but I can't tell much difference in the sound.
 
Any ideas? I wondered about a downbearing problem or something but would
assume such a design flaw would be unlikely.
 
Alan R. Barnard


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