[CAUT] Baldwin SD

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Avery,
   Is this sound similar to the sound made when an offset bass bridge has
come unglued or board has failed such that bass strings are rattling against
the plate?  
    Even though it's in the tenor area, could the bridge be touching a plate
brace or some foreign object be wedged between the bridge and a brace
somewhere?  Could a foreign object be wedged between the board and plate or
beam under the piano?  Could someone have restrung the piano using wrong
wire sizes?  I've heard of stories from Baldwin reps of people who "Fixed
poor workmanship" by tapping down all the strings against the plate on
accujust pianos, thereby doing much damage.
     It sounds to me like a section wide issue rather than string leveling,
agraffs, or things that tend to manifest on single notes.
-Mike


On 4/2/06 10:40 AM, "Avery Todd" <atodd at uh.edu> wrote:

> Keith & Susan,
> 
> I warned you that sounds are hard to describe in an e-mail!
> I obviously didn't do a good enough job of it. :-)
> 
> I've heard the sound(s) that both of you are describing and
> this isn't that.
> 
> It's not a rattling or buzzing kind of sound. It's more of a
> distorted sound where about half the normal power of the string
> is lost & it just sounds weird. Like I said in my original post,
> I'll just bet there's some grooving of some kind inside the
> agraffe holes and thereby creating a termination problem.
> 
> I wish I'd thought of the screwdriver thing while I was there
> just to confirm that the problem is in the agraffes.
> 
> Someone on pianotech mentioned a Journal article about refurbishing
> agraffes written by Paul Revnko-Jones (I know it's misspelled. Sorry)
> That's probably what it's going to take to fix the problem. Or replacing.
> 
> Would anyone happen to know the month of the article?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Avery Todd
> 
> At 11:15 AM 4/1/2006, you wrote:
>> I just had that same problem on an SD 6.
>> 
>> I looked for the paper clip on the board, tightened plate screws (which
>> helped the sound) and scratched my head and tightened every screw. Mid range
>> sounded awful. I mated hammers to string, seated strings, etc.
>> 
>> It was the sostenuto rod clips. Them things were rattlin to beat all get
>> out. Should have been the first thing I tightened, they are right out front,
>> highly visible.......
>> 
>> Sigh
>> Keith
>