Baldwin Accujust Hitch Pins-waste end ringing, cacophony.

Charles E. Faulk cfaulk2@juno.com
Tue, 6 May 2003 17:31:58 -0500


On Tue, 6 May 2003 12:19:09 -0700 (PDT) gordon stelter
<lclgcnp@yahoo.com> writes:
> Braid is easily removable with tweezers and a razor
> blade. Got another reason? 
>      Thump
> 

This brings to mind that Jekyll/Hyde phenomenon that occurs in certain
high quality pianos when they've been allowed to go beyond a certain
level of brightness ... the Yamaha C7 also comes to mind. Otherwise
beautiful sounding instruments turn into banjos.

Many times I've pulled out muting braid, bits of rubber mutes, and felt
wedges from the front and rear duplexes of these pianos. All you have to
do is reshape the hammers, level the strings, fit the hammers to the
strings, tune,  and voice ; and suddenly the cacophonous noise becomes a
tonal asset.

Charles Faulk

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