This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I would strongly suspect the ring to be coming from the bass section. Try laying your arm across the bass strings to see if it cuts off the ringing. If it does, you know that you have inadequate bass dampening. If there is sufficient lost motion in the sustain pedal and bass sustain pedal, chances are the bass damper felt is too hard. New dampers should fix it, unless they are poorly designed. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Carwithen Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 9:47 PM To: Piano Tech List Subject: puzzlement The problem is a very prominent ring in all registers but particularly in the low. The piano is an Everett console, #260365. Fairly recent with metal support beams instead of wood in the back. After playing a note or chord the dampers cut off the tone, but there is a strong after ring which can persist for seven to ten seconds. The dampers are good and are sitting properly on the strings. When the strings behind the dampers are pressed the dampers follow. You can hear the actual tone of the struck note cut off when the damper recontacts the string, but the echo tone continues. The piano has metal casters sitting on a wood floor in front of a sheet rock wall. It occurred to me that the casters were transferring the vibrations to the floor directly causing the floor to act as a general resonator. I tried rubber furniture cups under the wheels and also a heavy rug with a rubber backing as well as the rubber cups on top of the rug. There was no improvement. I tried blankets in back with no improvement. Does anyone have any suggestions of things that might improve this situation by diminishing the after ring?? Ed Carwithen John Day, OR __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/92/0a/27/63/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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