tangy tone

[Edward Carwithen]

Thanks Roger for the suggestion.   Yes, I did voice on the offending notes,
and actually a couple of others.  Helped on the others....

At 02:31 PM 10/26/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Edward Carwithen wrote:
>> 
>> I need some suggestions as to how to deal with a bad sounding Bb-4.  This
>> is on a Chickering baby grand #3941.  It was reconditioned about 6 years
>> ago; new strings, new pins, Hammers look new as well.  Several notes have a
>> metallic sound.  I checked to see if the damper wire was somehow touching
>> one string, and that is not the case.  I found one string where the string
>> was not seated sufficiently on the stagger pin, and that helped.  But on
>> Bb-4 and the octave above Bb-5, there is still bad sound.  It seems to be
>> coming from the center string in both cases rather than the treble or bass
>> string.  The hammers were not hitting all the strings equally, the dstreble
>> string being barely struck by the edge of the hammer, but that was true of
>> many of the strike zones in that upper middle section, and I re-adjusted
>> them so that the strike area was in the center of the hammer, then reshaped
>> the hammer slightly so as to even out the surface of the hammer.  Still
>> haven't found the way to get the tone to stop sounding like an anvil.  It
>> appears that all of the strings are being struck together.  They come out
>> of an aggraffe (sp?), so I expect they are even where the hammer hits.  I
>> did pull up the hammer to the string and examine the sycronisity of the
>> hammer strike.
>> 
>> What else can I look for?????????????
>> 
>> Ed Carwithen
>> musicman@eoni.com
>> John Day, OR
>> Ed Carwithen
>> Oregon
>Greetings Ed,
>              Two questions. First is it coincidental that 2X Bb's is
>causing problems. Quickly check the duplexing in the gerneral area 
>where the duplex braiding tape quits, sound strange? Had a Yamaha CF
>that had a strange 'A' metallic over tone that would sound from a duplex
>when any of its partials were played in the treble register. I just
>extended the braiding tape for an extra two notes. 
>  Secondly you do not mention trying to voice the offending hammers, a
>little sugar neddling close to the strike point might solve the problem.
>Regards Roger Jolly
>
>
Ed Carwithen
Oregon