[pianotech] String Rattle

[John Formsma]

On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Or throwing it?

Impact engineering at its finest.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of David Ilvedson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:49 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] String Rattle
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> Similar to rebooting a computer...
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> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
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> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 8/25/2009 5:22:14 AM
> Subject: [pianotech] String Rattle
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>>This reminds me of a funny story about a problem I had many years ago.  I
>>used to be the tech for the store that sold Grand (the brand name) pianos.
>>When out servicing one of them for the free tuning, there was a very
>>prominent buzz on 2 notes only in the tenor bass break.  When played
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>>it TWANGED like mad. It was the kind of twang that sounded like a bearing
>>problem.  I checked everything you can think of and then some but could not
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>>find what was causing it.  After a few hours, I called my cousin.  The
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>>Groot that some of you mistook for me here at the Grand Rapids Convention.
>>We went back at a later time together to solve it.  We didn't solve it.  We
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>>couldn't figure the problem out for nothing.  We even resorted to turning
>>the nose bolt for a different bearing.  Nothing worked.  There was plenty
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>>room on each side of the bridges so it was not buzzing there either.
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>>Finally, I called my dad who just happened to be home.  He came right over.
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>>We all 3 looked and looked.  Finally, my dad picked up one side of the
> piano
>>and just flat out dropped it!  BAM onto the floor it went.  Those of you
>>that know me, will assume which I did, that I busted out laughing my butt
>>off when he did that.  So did my cousin.  My dad, he just smirked.  Funny
>>thing?  The buzz went away never to return.  After making sure it wasn't
>>going to start up again dad looked at the piano and said "THERE YOU SO AND
>>SO TAKE THAT!!!  To which we all laughed some more.
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>>I wouldn't condone resorting to this obviously,  yet after that much
>>frustration, it sure was funny to watch him do that.
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JF