Yow-yow-yowing bass strings

[gordon stelter]

I'm not sure, but I thought the effect we were
discussing here was a cyclical, intermittent
apparition of partials causing a
"waaaaaaaaaaah-waaaaaaaaaaaaah" (but of lower
frequency) not the inherent "growliness" of the bass.
     Anyone??????/
     Thump
--- Jonathan Finger <johann@tollidee.com> wrote:
> I know I'm jumping into the discussion a little
> late, and haven't seen
> the original post.  But from what I've read, we're
> talking about the
> growl present in some bass sections?  Someone
> mentioned the clarity of
> the Bösendorfer not having this quality. 
> 
> Is it possible that we're talking about a voicing
> issue?  
> I understand (some) of the physics discussed in the
> previous posts.  It
> seems to me that the density of the hammer felt
> hitting the string,
> would have some effect on the vibration that flows
> down the string.  (I
> know, we call this "voicing") :)  
> 
> But it seems that a harder hammer would cause "more"
> of the effect
> described earlier.
> 
> And to the person  talking about the Bösendorfer
> action traveling
> straighter: string leveling is also a contributing
> factor.  I've seen
> good growls, and bad growls in bass sections.  And
> I've never seen
> anything get rid of a bad metallic growl like string
> leveling/hammer
> squaring.
> 
> Any thoughts on this, or am I completely off base
> here?
> 
> Jonathan Finger RPT.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of gordon stelter
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:11 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: Yow-yow-yowing bass strings
> 
> Perhaps "yowing" also encouraged by
> excessive/improperly twisted strings? Loose bridge
> poins?
>     Just a thought. 
>     Thump
> 
> 
> 
> 
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