Hi Ed, Check and see if the bottom of the damper is touching the dead string when it is up. Also the idea of the pants steamer is an interesting one. Just saw it today on the list. Joe Always on the level Goss <G> ---------- > From: Ed Carwithen <musicman@eoni.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Thanks again! > Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 9:27 PM > > This is in response to all those who helped with the problem of the overly > bright tone of the Baldwin Spinet. I will be using the steam technique to > try to smooth out the brittleness of the tone. Thanks to you all. > > I went over this evening to talk with the owner about what I was going to > do, and there is a second problem. The C# 3, is the lowest wound string in > the tenor section, and it really sounds dead. Almost like the damper is > engaging. (I checked, it isn't). The lowest string is the worse of the > two. She said that particular note has always been that way, and she has > just learned to live with it. It is noticeably more dead than the others > around it. > > The piano was bought in 1993. > > Should I get a new string from Baldwin and replace the string? I don't > believe a universal string would be satisfactory in this situation. Can I > get a matching string from Baldwin, if not, how should I go about getting a > string that would match tone and quality? > > Incidentally, I should brag.... Piano was last tuned in August, she has > been teaching lessons every day since Sept, and every note is still dead > on. (Ok, Ok, G3 needed a minor tweek, but still...) > > Ed Carwithen > John Day, OR >
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