Snap Crackle and Pop

[Leslie Bartlett]

You might ask about their "hearing"........  I have a customer who hears
frighteningly high tones way beyond my ability to hear or even measure at a
mere C8.  They might just be hyper-sensitive.....
les bartlett

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Dave Smith
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:26 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Snap Crackle and Pop


I have a very nice customer with a nice Kawai small grand piano..  Has a
Dampp Chaser system (dehumidifier with humidistat only as is customary in
FL).. and a home made string cover.    I've serviced his piano for several
years, and just got this email.  It isv always only a few cents flat from
where I left it last year.
 
 
 
"" 
I have a question.....recently, we have been hearing a popping, snapping,
cracking noise coming from the piano.  It's intermittent and we hear it
every few minutes.  Sometimes not at all.  At first, one night, I thought
someone was in the house.  We finally decided it is probably coming from the
piano.  Especially at night.  Does this ring a bell with you?  It's not real
loud and that might explain why we hear it mainly at that time.  Just
wondering what you think.  I don't see any parts falling out of it so that's
a good sign.""
 
Other than the Humidistat making the slight clicking at it turns on the
heater bars, I dont know what to think.  They do like to keep windows open.
Maybe temp or humidity cycling causes random clicks in wooden joints.  
 
Any helpful thoughts?  Please avoid Gremlin, Supernatural, or haunted lines
of thought, unless you are speaking from experience.\
 
Dave Smith 
SW FL


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