---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Bet you Bippy, Alan. There's a real workhorse in there. Get rid of the bend at the top of the string speaking length by tapping, like leveling grand strings. File and voice, or replace hammers. Check strike line, and feel free to adjust to your liking. Mass load the low end of the tenor bridge, like the model 6000. (check with vice grips if you want) Snug up everything, and then make sure everything is tight. Learn to use the key frame jacks and adjust to your liking. They are jeeps, not sports cars. But.... a good jeep beats a mediocre sports car anytime. Enjoy. For a loooooooong time. later, Guy At 08:21 PM 4/11/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Tuning one of the many Hamilton studios in my area and got to wondering... > >I've never liked the sound of the things because they are whiney and many >low tenor and treble unisons just don't get very "clean." So I did a few >little checks: Yep, hammers off center, strings at different heights (or >hammers hitting obliquely or misshapen), bridge seating not great, etc. > >Question: Did any of you folks every really work over one of these >things--you know, a real good repair, regulation, and voicing job like one >might do on a nice rebuilt grand, 'frinstance? > >In other words, we know they are the Humvees of pianos for churches and >schools and all, but could there also be a real musical instrument lurking >in there, somewhere? I wonder ... > >Alan R. Barnard >Salem, MO > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.6 - Release Date: 04/11/2005 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/11/32/25/c1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC