Some off-the-wall suggestions ... 1] Do a modest tuning, then level the strings. Make sure the termination point under the v-bar is as *solid* as it is at the bridgepins after the tapping already mentioned. 2] Do an ultra-fussy job tuning the piano, paying particular attention to the top 2 octaves. 3] How nicely shaped are the hammers? How's the voicing? Too bright? Then fix it. 4] Remove the keyblocks (cheekblocks) and slide the action front and back while playing the highest notes continuously until the tone sounds best. Any improvement? 5] How's the profile of the v-bar itself? Sometimes it may be too sharp or too dull. Perhaps someone would like to take a stab at correcting that if that turns out to be the problem. 6] If these pianos are brand new, talk to the manufacturer's technicians. They're usually pretty interested in helping techs do best by their pianos. Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ---------- > From: Ted Simmons <ted@brevard.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Wild strings in new pianos > Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 6:38 PM > > I'm posting this for a piano technician friend of mine who works on a lot > of new pianos. He has noticed that recently many of the new, high-cost, > pianos have a lot of wild strings in the upper treble. He has been unable > to correct this situation by the usual methods: tapping the string at the > hitch pins and bridge pins; tapping the bridge pins, moving the string at > the V-bar, and rubbing the string along its speaking length. He's talking > upper class pianos that cost $30,000 and up. I won't mention any names but > I'll tell you, he works on some classy pianos. I couldn't offer any > suggestions for him but offered to post this to the pianotech list for some > possible solutions. > > Any suggestions? > > Ted Simmons > Merritt Island, FL > >
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