Vibrating buildings/&question

gordon stelter lclgcnp@yahoo.com
Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:22:17 -0800 (PST)


Put a piano shawl ( cloth ) on top of piano lid, then
open up the lid and fold it over. Or just felt.
Tighten all the hinge screws, and make sure the, lid
prop screws and pin are tight.
     G
--- David Renaud <drjazzca@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>  22 years tuning and this is a new one on me..... 
>  
>   Music school just moved to their new facility.
>   They have a  new Yamaha G3 in a small hall that
> could seat 120.
> 
>   There is what sounds like soundboard vibration or 
> loose cabinet part. Pausing still the vibration is
> continuous as the piano sits quietly dormant.
> 
>   Squeezing the lid halves it disappears.
>   The whole piano is gently vibrating 24 hours a
> day.
>   Sounds like a little mouse chewing as the
> polyester
>   parts vibrate together just enough to move  
> intermittently against each other.
> 
>   The new building has steel frame under the floor.
> It conducts vibration from the furnace very
> efficiently. A gentle st ready vibration barely
> noticeable unless you touch a piece of door frame.
> Even then it is only just detectable.
> 
>   Question: Any ramifications for stability?
>             Have any university techs run across
>             this vibrating floor effect and noticed
>             some lack of stability. 
> 
>                             Cheers
>                             Dave Renaud
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