Seiler whine/frontscale noise

[Richard Moody]

".  The
> worst noises are banshee-like wines
.  Any recommendations? "


Thousands .

001.  The top is left open and the over spray from the maid
watering hanging plants nearby gets onto the duplex.

002.  The plants are blooming and the owner sneezes onto the
duplex.

003.   Yes I hear it, but I never heard it before you came. !    !
!!!

rm

Moral.  Cover your face when sneezing near or around a piano.


----- Original Message -----
From: <Piannaman@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:49 AM
Subject: Seiler whine/frontscale noise


> Fellow whine-haters(wine lovers?),
>
> I tuned a Seiler 180 grand this evening, and other than being
all over the
> map tuning wise(it only needs to be tuned once every 3 years,
said the dealer),
> it should be a great piano.  The action functions superbly, the
whole package
> is put together quite nicely.  The problem is that it's one of
the noisiest
> pianos I've ever heard.
>
> Some notes produce nasty rattle type vibrations that sound like
loose ribs, a
> chasm in the soundboard, or a large ballbearing rolling around
in there.  The
> worst noises are banshee-like wines that are produced by the
string-length
> between the capo bar and the bar in front of the tuning pins.
If I could get
> away with putting some string braid in there, I would.
>
> I know this type of noise has been the subject of much
discussion lately.  I
> haven't loosened the strings and tried to move the bars(don't
even know if I
> can move them).  Time for experimentation was limited due to the
necessity of a
> pitch raise.  I seem to recall someone talking about filing the
bottom of the
> capo bar to remove irregularities that might cause evil spirits
to rise from
> the instrument.  Any recommendations?
>
> Dave Stahl
>