Thanks Ed, This was in your typical carpeted living room, no marble or fans. I'm pretty confident in this case it's the piano. Mike ed440 at mindspring.com wrote: > Ceiling fans, marble stairs, hard backed pews, arched plaster ceilings, plate glass windows. Clap, and if the room claps back you know where the beats are coming from. > Ed Sutton > > -----Original Message----- > >> From: Paul McCloud <service at pianosd.com> >> Sent: Nov 22, 2006 5:33 PM >> To: mjmccoy at usa.com, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Subject: Re: "Wild Strings" >> >> Hi, Mike: >> To quote a past President, "I feel your pain!". >> Are you sure there weren't any ceiling fans on? They'll mess you up if >> you're not aware of them. Just a thought... >> Paul McCloud >> San Diego >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike McCoy" <mjmccoy at usa.com> >> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:31 PM >> Subject: "Wild Strings" >> >> >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have been meaning to write about this for some time and a piano today >>> finally put me over the edge. I don't know if my hearing and/or listening >>> skills are improving or if I am having a real bad run of pianos with "wild >>> strings", or "false beats" if you prefer that term. I hate leaving pianos >>> in that condition but just how much time can you spend trying to resolve >>> these beats and still make the next appointment and be profitable? >>> >>> Today's issue was a couple year old Schirmer & Sons upright, very nice >>> looking piano, decent Detoa action, agraffes bottom to top, decent tone, >>> GREAT feel to the block, but, EVERY single string had it's own beats. I >>> had no choice but to pull the action and try to resolve this. Seated all >>> strings, but the majority seemed to be well seated, no loose bridge pins, >>> nothing obvious. Pushing on bridge pins with a screwdriver had no effect. >>> Massaged the worst offenders but really, nothing worked well. At this >>> point I'm assuming poor bridge notching ( I can't see as well as I used >>> to). Anyway, finally had to tune the damn thing and move on but I wasn't >>> happy. This one is probably a good candidate for Pitchlok. >>> >>> Do you folks tend to tune these "wild" pianos as best you can and move >>> forward or do you spend some time? >>> >>> Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving! >>> >>> Mike McCoy >>> >>> >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061122/4defbd3a/attachment.html
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