Thanks so much to all who made suggestions! Ray ---------- >From: John Minor <jminor@uiuc.edu> >To: caut@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Friction/Buzz at Agraffes >Date: Fri, Mar 3, 2000, 4:36 PM > > I'v always suspected the need for re-stringing on these instruments. Seems > like the wire is fatigued from heavy use and has lost some elasticity. > Just a hunch. > > John Minor > University of Illinois > > > > On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Ray Bentley wrote: > > ]Has anyone else found strings to buzz at the agraffe? I have a piano that > ]seems to. I can usually stop the buzz by raising and lowering the pitch, > ]thereby moving the string back and forth through the agraffe. These strings > ]also pop loose at the agraffe during tuning. It doesn't seem to matter how > ]long it has been since the previous tuning, they still pop during tuning. > ]Has anyone tried clp or something else there with success. Also there are a > ]few pianos that don't render well. That is, the friction at the capo bar is > ]such that when you pull a string up, it continues to raise with firm blows, > ]and vice versa. Any cure for this? > ] > ]Thanks to all. > ] > ]Ray T. Bentley, RPT > ]Lewis and Clark Community College > ]Godfrey, IL > ] >
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