I'd say the Baldwin SF10 was a clue...try muting the tenor section of the back scale. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Bec and John <bjsilva001@comcast.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:40:13 -0400 Subject: Re: string ringing, buzzing, etc. >Hi Avery, >I should recheck this, but I'm pretty sure it's ok. >The strangest thing is that I used to practise on a Baldwin SF10 which >had the exact same sound on the exact same note! It drove me crazy. >Back then, I replaced the string in hopes that would fix the problem >but it didn't. >I've read on the list about an article by Susan Kline called >"Freshening Strings". I'm not sure if it would help, but I'm really >curious about it. Do you know where I can get a copy? >Thanks! >- John >> John, >> >> After you did that, did you mate the hammer to the strings? >> >> Avery >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Ever since I bought my piano the G above middle C was mostly >>> "untunable" - in that there was a high ringing wave that wouldn't go >>> away entirely, but it was tolerable. Actually, many of the notes >>> between middle C and the octave above have this sound. >>> >>> Reading through the list I thought it might have to do with string >>> levelling and I noticed the middle string was a bit lower. So I >>> pulled it up a bit, really just a bit. Now it's worse :) Not >>> tolerable anymore. >>> >>> I'm desperate for a solution! Any ideas? Thanks. >>> >>> - John >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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