"Boinging" strings

[Ted Simmons]

Glenn, if this piano has no agraffes in the middle section then it's
possible that the string in question is touching the damper wire and thus
causing the sound you've described.  In which case merely moving the wire
aside will solve your problem.  Check it out.

Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL

> Hello All.
>
>The piano I restrung (the Vogue baby grand I have talked about here before)
>turned out okay except for the first two notes of wire, just above the bass
>strings.  They have a "boinging" sound.  Since the original scaled called
>for 21 gage I thought perhaps substituting 20 gage (thus adding tension)
>would eliminate that problem.  Another tech friend didn't think it would
>help much.  He blamed poor scale design and poor piano design.
>
>Well, to my horror, my "new" 1922 Steinway M has a similar sound at C#2
>(first of the wire).  It is no where near as bad as the Vogue but now I am
>listening for it and therefore,I am finding it.  My M is also freshly
>restrung.
>
>Do you know what I am referring to?  Is there a solution?  Is it because the
>heavier gauge wire has to "settle in?"  PLEASE let that be it!
>
>I tried voicing on the Vogue.  I stabbed those two hammers so much it looked
>like a recreation of the shower scene in Physco.  Didn't help.  When you go
>up the scale it goes "dah -dah -dah -dah -BOING -BOING -dah -dah"  or
>something like that!!  I could record it and attach it as a file  . . . nah.
>
>HELP!
>
>Glenn.