Baldwin 6000

[jolly roger]

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Hi Jeff
             Using trichord damper felt to mid G, and brading the back 
scale up to the high tenor works wonders.  You will have to do some string 
spacing, and some careful damper block positioning, but it is worth the 
effort.   This one piano that needs to be kept voiced down. The bass can 
become obnoxiously boomy.

Regards Roger

At 09:22 AM 8/15/02 -0600, you wrote:
>List,
>         I have a Baldwin 6000 with the following problem.  The dampers in
>the midrange do not shut off the high harmonics after release of the key.
>They can be stopped by pressing on the damper or touching the string with a
>finger.  I tried moving the damper up on the wire and it helped a little,
>but did not totally eliminate the ringing.  The springs seem plenty strong
>and the dampers follow when the string is depressed, so everything seems to
>be in good working order.  The piano also has a low frequency "ghost" sound
>after a chord is released - that after-ring I would usually associate with
>an old upright with worn-out dampers.  This piano is only a couple of years
>old.  Two other factors I have noticed that might come into play - 1) the
>piano is pretty bright - hard hammers 2) there is no stringing braid on the
>"waste length" (between the bridge and hitch pin) in the bass or
>tenor/treble area.
>         The low-frequency "ring" might be attributed to the lack of
>stringing braid (?) but the high harmonics not shutting off in the middle
>section (F above middle C is the worst - flat damper) has me perplexed as to
>a solution (new felt, new piano?).  I have contacted Baldwin on this, and
>although they sounded like they would try to be helpful, it has been two
>weeks with no word.....any ideas from the list would be appreciated.
>Thanks.
>
>Jeff Stickney, RPT
>University of Montana
>jpage@selway.umt.edu


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