Mike, I know this sounds strange, but try un-twisting those strings. No twist at all. Although, pressing on the ribs as you describe sounds structural. I have worked for Jim Brickman many times. He prefers as narrow octaves as you can get on the piano. Fernando Ortega has the same preferences (Fred Sturm: Fernando told me he went to school with you). It has to do with what they have gotten used to in a recording situation and also using in ear monitors while performing. For them too wide an octave sounds like unisons out of tune. Tim Coates On Sep 24, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Michael Magness wrote: > HELP!!!!! > > I have only begun caring for the pianos at this school/venue in the > last month. > This piano was last serviced in May by the previous tech who left > the area. > > It was rebuilt in '03 and appears to have no major problems, the > bass strings are steel wound, not certain why. > The lowest 6 notes have a rattle that I could not eliminate. I > tightened every screw I could find, hinges, cabinet, lyre, plate > bolts. I checked the bridge pins to see that they were fully seated > in the bridge. > The only way I could eliminate it was to lay under it and press up > on 2 ribs above the beam (that extends to the nose) about 2/3 of > the way toward the bass bridge, approximately under the tenor bridge. > I also cleaned under the plate and bridges looking for forign objects. > > Now what? The concert is tomorrow night. > > I would appreciate any advice, > Mike > > -- > I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about > his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never > achieve anything worthwhile. > Walter Chrysler > > > > Michael Magness > Magness Piano Service > 608-786-4404 > www.IFixPianos.com > email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080925/09dc6108/attachment.html
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