This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment You've got a good tech down there, Guy Nichols. Talk to him. The amount = of stretch is not going to matter.=20 "It has a lot of false beats too." =20 That's probably getting closer to the source of the problem. We here in = Arizona are also in a very dry climate. The false beats are probably = caused by the bridge pins being not firmly in the wood anymore. Have you = ever seen a Baldwin with a split out bridge? I sure have.... For some = reason, they don't seem to be able to dry out their wood before they = ship it. Pick out a string that has a false beat, and take a soft metal tool and = push it to the side while you play it. The false beat will either go = away, or slow down quite a bit. That should tell you something. There = are other things that can cause false beats, but on a Baldwin I bet = that's it. Look at the bridge pin, and see if it appears to be quite a = bit of metal above the string, if it does, put a punch on it and GENTLY = try to tap it down a bit.=20 The real fix would be to remove the pin and put thin epoxy down in the = hole and then replace the pin.=20 "Next time I'll insist on removing all the pictures and sculptures so=20 I can go after those."=20 I went to seminars for years wanting to know what to do about false = beats, I found out more about the problem from this list than I did = anywhere else, enough to tell you that you're not going to find them = looking in the wrong places to start. Check the archives, or learn how to, it will give you a lot more = information, and get in touch with Guy. Kevin E. Ramsey=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Andrew & Rebeca Anderson=20 To: oleg-i@noos.fr ; Pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:30 PM Subject: RE: accutuner as tuning fork Now that's a cool trick to play on a doubtful customer! As I'm taking = tuning as a profession more seriously now (not just my wife's grand) = I'm=20 finding that most of my new customers haven't had a tech in years. = Pitch=20 raises are what I do most of. They can hear the difference. The = piano=20 would sound dull, but after tuning it would be "alive". Speaking of "alive," my mother-in-law has a 6' DH-Baldwin that is=20 distractingly "alive" when tuned. I mean it rings a little too much = for my=20 taste. I've been debating whether I should revise how I stretch it, = or if=20 I need to adjust some of the aliquots. It has a lot of false beats=20 too. Next time I'll insist on removing all the pictures and = sculptures so=20 I can go after those. I'm wondering if braiding might be called for = or if=20 a little twist against the wire to put a tiny kink in it might help to = detune them a little. Andrew Anderson Las Cruces, NM At 01:24 AM 1/9/2004 +0100, you wrote: >I noticed that almost all customers can appreciate the difference in >tone quality between 1 string at 435 and the other at 440 -42. just >the spectra, not even the pitch ! > >best regards. Isaac > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/52/c9/5d/bf/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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