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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’d ask Bruce Clark (M&H). I’ve
watched them at M&H put on a bass string, or set, then immediately listen
to/critique it. If they don’t like what they hear they make more strings “on
the spot” until they do like it. I was quite impressed with their “finickiness”.
Bruce is a stickler for a good bass, even though he still disagrees with <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Del</st1:place></st1:State>’s and Ron’s
ideas of “backscale”, cantilevers and such. (go figure)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Willem Blees<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 27, 2007
3:43 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CAUT] bass strings</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
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Would that cause the strings to have a different tone? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Honolulu</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">HI</st1:State></st1:place><br>
Author of <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
www.pianotuning.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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