high treble ringing

[phil frankenberg]

You might try weaving a short length of bushing cloth (or any kind of thin
felt) into the unisons of G6. LOOSELY, of course and in the speaking
length.The trick is finding the best placement of the felt . Hope this
helps.

Phil Frankenberg
Chico Ca.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher D. Purdy" <purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:09 AM
Subject: high treble ringing


> List,
>
> The pianist giving a recital here tomorrow evening has a problem with one
> note ringing in the treble.  He says that the G5 damper rings after
release
> but I tracked it down to a sympathetic vibration at G6.  G6 is the first
> string without a damper (Bosendorfer 275) and it does ring more noticeably
> than it's neighbors.  I checked string seating on the bridge and even
> monkeyed with the tuning but got no noticeable change.
>
> Since this is the speaking length ringing and since that's what it's
> supposed to do, is there anything else I can do that may decrease this or
> do I tell him to get over it?  Any suggestions?
>
> chris
>
> -Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.
> -School of Music, Ohio University
> -Athens, OH  45701
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>
>