Pleyel tone problem

[Andrew Anderson]

Are you using original shanks and flanges?  Is the birdseye damaged?  
Is the pinning tight?

Andrew

On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:13 PM, stephan van meirhaeghe wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Finished restoring a 'Pleyel' grand from 1870.
> Did new restringing with new scaling, used Pure Sound. New 'Abel'  
> refelted hamers in Germany (first time with Abel hamers), Dry out  
> cracks and shimming.Complete regulation.
> Before I will start with the pre-needling of the hamers I have a  
> question.
> In the middle part of the discant section there are two notes who  
> has a very jerky sound.
> Difficult to explain but it is like the notes have zero power in it,  
> a really poor sound like there isn't any contact with the  
> soundboard. The soundboard is ok, contact with bridge ok. When I  
> pluck the strings of these notes I hear no difference with the other  
> notes. It has to come from the hamers. I know of course the voicing  
> will help it but the difference with the rest of the piano is too  
> big . So because I never had this before I would like to know if  
> anybody have similiar experiences with these 'Abel' hamers. I asked  
> medium hardness felt.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephan Van Meirhaeghe
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