---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks Marcel, Ed, and Wayne for your suggestions. See comments interspersed below. In a message dated 5/4/05 5:55:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mcpiano@videotron.ca writes: Dave, I've had this feeling on a few pianos only to find out that my temperament strip was getting old and there were tiny little pieces of felts that were touching the middle strings when I was tuning the temperament. Could this be the case? Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC Marcel, This was happening with no mute, no damper interference, or any kind of blockage of the string whatsoever. << I seated and lifted strings, and attempted to get clean termination points, all to no avail. There seems to be adequate downbearing, and odds are, negative or inadequate downbearing would affect all the strings of a unison, no?>> <<This sounds like a notching problem. You may need to pull a notes strings out of the way pull the pins, renotch this note, and reinstall the pins with CA before stringing it back up. Is this much work justified by the rest of the piano's condition? Every situation is different. Good luck, Ed Foote>> Ed, This makes sense to me. And yes, since the piano is a new Mason BB--still under warranty--it would be well worth the effort. I'll certainly contact Mason and Hamlin before proceeding with any sort of fix this involved. Thanks <<Try tapping the bridge pins in a bit with a punch, you be surprise of the difference.>> Wayne Walker Wayne, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll probably try this one before doing anything more drastic. Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e3/95/5d/75/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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