L.O.S.S.

jolly roger baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca
Sun, 06 Oct 2002 22:10:51 -0500


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Hi Torn,
               If the strings are seated and the bridge pins are 
secure.  Then lift the strings on both sides of the capo. After  lifting 
then make sure the hammer fitting is still good.
If it is an isolated note. Check the hammer flange centre pin.   Trust me 
there is more weak trebles out there, caused by poor pinning, than we would 
care to count.
Regards Roger

At 10:44 PM 10/6/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Why is it that some strings on a piano exhibit Lack Of Sustain Syndrome?  I
>prep new pianos at a local dealer and I find that there are unisons in the
>treble (octave 5 or 6) that have notably less sustain than their neighbors.
>I'll be tuning along, each note singing, DINNNNNN, DINNNNNN, and then I come
>to its neighbor, DINK.
>
>There are some things we can eliminate, like the damper not lifting, or the
>hammer double striking or blocking against the string.  These pianos have
>been regulated from square one (key height and dip).  The strings have been
>seated to the bridge and there are no false beats whatsoever.  It's not my
>unison tuning because it can be heard in the individual strings of the
>unison.  They are also NOT low quality Asian imports.
>
>If anyone has an idea, I'd be interested to understand why one perfectly good
>brand new string vibrates better than the one right next to it.
>
>Tom Sivak
>
>P.S.
>It's most noticeable from playing the 3 string unisons
>
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