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color=#800000 size=3>Is the ringing throughout the scale? Or can the =
afterring
be localized? Just the bass not cutting off cleanly? Just the tenor? =
Have you
gone through the piano to make sure the strings are level and that no =
individual
dampers are leaking? It may be that the damper felt is to blame - too =
hard. Are
the dampers sluggish? If so in S&S pianos it is often because the =
damper
wire is leaning too hard against the guide rail felt. Pedal rod adjusted =
correctly with enough lost motion? Some of these are so obvious that I =
am sure
you have checked, but I thought I'd throw them out anyway. I have =
noticed a few
newer S&S grands damping to be not as effective, in the bass =
particularly.
On first blush I was guessing that the felt is the culprit, =
but I
haven't been in the position to investigate these pianos. =
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color=#800000 size=3>Speaking of S&S dampers. I have noticed =
here at the
school quite a bit of disparity in damper scaling in the tenor. Quite a =
few have
flat felt in the front. I though that I understood S&S damper =
scaling but
now am questioning my understanding. Isn't the traditional S&S =
approach in
the tenor to put the tricord in the front and flat in the rear? =
(Exepting the
couple near the bass strut that have only tricords, and also excepting
the 6 or so dampers at the top tenor which are all
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size=2>____________________________________________<BR>Alan McCoy,
RPT<BR>Eastern Washington
University<BR>509-359-4627<BR>amccoy@mail.ewu.edu<BR></FONT></DIV></SPAN>=
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:38
AM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Steinway ringing, was =
Treble
ringing problem<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>While were on this subject, please allow me to change pianos. =
Last year I
brought up the problem of a student complaining about a B having too =
much
after ring. Now one of the piano professors said the new D has too =
much. I
thought it was the "nature of the beast," but the piano professor =
claim
earlier Steinways do not have this problem. He claims another piano
technician, well known to this list, at another SEC school, said it =
has
something to do with the alloy in the damper wire, or something to =
that
effect. (If you know who you are, you may identify yourself.) </DIV>
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<DIV>What is the opinion on this? What, if anything, have any of you =
done to
solve this problem?</DIV>
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<DIV>Wim</DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" =
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem
Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University =
of
Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV>
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