Friends, Last Wednesday I tuned a 1961 Wurlitzer spinet that had an obvious zing on a hard blow in C#4 and to a lesser degree in D4. With a little detective work I decided a string is slightly contacting the bridge where it shouldn't be, at the notch. Since the client wasn't available, I didn't fix the problem, because if the kids play the piano lightly they never noticed it before anyway. But I do want to fix it. This is the third time I tuned this piano, annually, and the first time two years ago it needed a 160c pitchraise. What is an appropriate, and hopefully easy, way to take care of this nuisance noise? Would slipping a thin wooden shim between the upper and lower bridge pins, flat against the bridge, under all three strings of the unison, be the way to go? Or should I get myself a nice sharp 1/4" chisel and chip away the offending wood? Any better ideas? Probably a ridiculously easy question, but I don't recall running into this before. Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA, USA
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