Bass "tubby" sound

[Daniel Lindholm]

Hi,
you can hear that on alot of pianos. Have you tried putting the data in a
mensurationprogram to look up the stringtension of the strings that sounds
tubby? How much downbearing do you have there?

Daniel Lindholm

----- Original Message -----
From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Bass "tubby" sound


> Were the wrapped strings on the treble bridge "tubby" or just the
> ones on the bass bridge?  I've seen bass bridges loose (too little
> glue from the factory) but if the wrapped strings on the treble
> bridge are "tubby" that's probably not it.  The last one I did like
> that I loosened the tension on the bass strings and as I was removing
> the strings from the hitch pins the bass bridge fell off.
>
> dave
>
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> On 3/2/02 at 11:34 AM JSmith3109@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> >Serviced at Baldwin Hamilton (1960ish) today. The piano sounds fine
> until
> >you
> >get to the bass strings...Then the sound is "tubby" the pitch is
> there,
> >but
> >there is not a real piano sound. Thot bass bridge was at fault, but
> cannot
> >find anythiong happening there. Any help? Thanks
> >J. Smith
>
>
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> David M. Porritt
> dporritt@mail.smu.edu
> Meadows School of the Arts
> Southern Methodist University
> Dallas, TX 75275
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