Loose Ribs

[Don]

Hi,

Did you happen to check to see if the hold downs for the action were tight?
I had a very nasty similar sound buzz from a piano just last week. 

At 11:38 PM 2/7/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, all.  I was trying to tune a Shoninger spinet tonight (what a horrible 
>thing), and when I got to C#5, and to a lesser extent, D5, I heard the 
>weirdest sounds.  I knew that the thing had loose ribs, and they were 
>buzzing most of the way up the piano, but at that point, they began to buzz 
>"harmonically".  I have never heard this before.
>    I have attached a recording made on my Dell pocket PC, on which I run 
>Tunelab.  It is a .wav file, and can be opened with Windows Media Player.  I 
>turned the volume up, and it comes through clearly.  And it is different the 
>second time I hit C#, from the first time.
>    Anyone heard this kind of vibe coming from loose ribs before?
>Clark A. Sprague, RPT 
>
>Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Shoninger spinet #16826.wav"
>No virus found in this incoming message.
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>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.21/1263 - Release Date: 2/6/2008
8:14 PM
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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