---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment YEP At 07:19 PM 7/27/01 -0700, you wrote: > > > Today I saw a new Kohler and Campbell 52" upright, ( made by Samick, of > course.) The customer was complaining about some of the notes buzzing. ( Our > favorite kind of call, eh?) > I got to the house, introduced myself, and we got to the piano. He played > a couple of notes, and I thought "Whoa, I'd complain too." The notes sounded > weak and hollow, and fuzzy to the extreme. First I checked the bridges and > termination points, no problem. Then I started checking the cabinet by > putting my hands on anything I thought that might be loose. Then I tried > tightening every screw I could find. > Anyway, after more than an hour of this nonsense, I moved the piano away > from the wall to tighten the screws on the soundboard buttons, and to > generally have a look back there. I started hitting the soundboard with the > heal of my hand on the ribs. When I got to the top center of the soundboard, > I could hear a clack. I then pushed on the soundboard near the center, and I > could see a gap between the SB and the back-inner-frame-liner thingee. I'm > going to have to get this thing back to the shop a get some glue in that gap, > and then see what it sounds like. > My question to this esteemed gathering is, shouldn't this have been glued > at the factory? And yet, I don't see any evidence of any glue having ever > been applied to this joint. > The reason I'm asking is that I'm not a rebuilder, but I know that on a > grand the SB is glued to the inner rim. Not on this upright. > This should be an easy one, just tell me if I made the right call. > > > > Kevin E. Ramsey, R.P.T. > <mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com>ramsey@extremezone.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/34/95/f4/f0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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