Chickering 410 back

[pianoman]

Hello Phil,
That phenomenon is one of the things I love about older Baldwin M's.  Using
the sustain pedal causes the tone to swell up just like a swell pedal on an
organ.  If we are talking about the same thing it probably is true of the
whole piano.  To me, that would not be a defect but a valuable character
trait.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G.
 Since 1962 in St. Louis, MO
Home of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups
pianoman@inlink.com        

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> From: Phil Bondi <tito@peganet.com>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Cc: Larry Crabb <lbcrabb@aol.com>
> Subject: Chickering 410
> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 3:10 PM
> 
> Hi Folks.
> 
> I'm in the showroom today catching up on the showroom stuff, and a
> salesman comes over to me and asks me to play this Chick 410. I do,
> and it sounds fine to me. Then he asks me to play just F3 and lift the
> dampers. It seems that this note is picking up alot of low harmonics
> from the wound strings. He asked me if there was anything I could do
> to make it sound better..I told him I would ask the experts and see if
> they had a solution...
> 
> F3 on this piano is the first tri-chord AND the first note past the
> break. This note sounds fine when played by itself, but lift the
> dampers and this particular note becomes *amplified* and there is a
> *lowness* to the sound, as if the wound strings are ringing
> sypathetically.
> 
> Alan..Guy..have either of you heard this with this particular model?
> 
> ..any and all help is very appreciated..
> Phil