[CAUT] bass strings

Willem Blees wimblees at aol.com
Thu Dec 27 15:42:48 MST 2007


A new customer bought a new M&H AA in August. When I tuned it yesterday, he complained about some tone problems in the?last 7 bass notes, (G2 - B2). I was able to voice some of the problems away, but a couple of notes still bothered him. I asked that he play the piano for a while to see if the notes in question would get better with playing. The apartment in which he lives?is small, and the piano sits next to an open window, which is very common here. 

I don't hear what he is complaining about. So perhaps it is one of perception, more than actual sound. He noticed that the winding on some of the strings are a little different than on other strings. The best way I can describe it is that the windings look like they were "crushed" ever so slightly. You can see it only when you look at the strings at an angle, with the light from the window shining on the strings. 

Would that cause the strings to have a different tone? 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com

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