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<font size=3>Hi Jeff<br>
Using
trichord damper felt to mid G, and brading the back scale up to the high
tenor works wonders. You will have to do some string spacing, and
some careful damper block positioning, but it is worth the
effort. This one piano that needs to be kept voiced down. The
bass can become obnoxiously boomy.<br><br>
Regards Roger<br><br>
At 09:22 AM 8/15/02 -0600, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>List,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I have a
Baldwin 6000 with the following problem. The dampers in<br>
the midrange do not shut off the high harmonics after release of the
key.<br>
They can be stopped by pressing on the damper or touching the string with
a<br>
finger. I tried moving the damper up on the wire and it helped a
little,<br>
but did not totally eliminate the ringing. The springs seem plenty
strong<br>
and the dampers follow when the string is depressed, so everything seems
to<br>
be in good working order. The piano also has a low frequency
"ghost" sound<br>
after a chord is released - that after-ring I would usually associate
with<br>
an old upright with worn-out dampers. This piano is only a couple
of years<br>
old. Two other factors I have noticed that might come into play -
1) the<br>
piano is pretty bright - hard hammers 2) there is no stringing braid on
the<br>
"waste length" (between the bridge and hitch pin) in the bass
or<br>
tenor/treble area. <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>The
low-frequency "ring" might be attributed to the lack of<br>
stringing braid (?) but the high harmonics not shutting off in the
middle<br>
section (F above middle C is the worst - flat damper) has me perplexed as
to<br>
a solution (new felt, new piano?). I have contacted Baldwin on
this, and<br>
although they sounded like they would try to be helpful, it has been
two<br>
weeks with no word.....any ideas from the list would be
appreciated.<br>
Thanks.<br><br>
Jeff Stickney, RPT<br>
University of Montana<br>
jpage@selway.umt.edu</font></blockquote><br>
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