This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm not clear. Is the zinging from the wood that is touching the string from incomplete notching? If so, I wouldn't hesitate to take the string = off and cut away the wood. You can do this fairly easily with a small screwdriver sharpened down to chisel sharpness. Un hitch the string = from the bridge pins and carefully cut away the wood back to the pin on that side. I've had to do this on several occasions where I've found the = notch angle insufficient or not started back far enough. This is pretty easy being at the bottom of the tenor bridge. =20 =20 David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of A440 Piano Service Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:24 PM To: PTG List Subject: Bridge Notch Anomaly =20 Oh Wiser-than-I Ones, (of which there are multitudes!) =20 I heard a "zinging" in the attack of a low tenor string on a customer's piano. She heard it, too, and didn't like it. (Turned out a little needling on the hammer at about 1 o'clock and 11 o'clock softened that attack nicely) Upon close inspection I notice an anomaly in the way the bridge was notched. It's the right string of the lowest plain string = unison. I was wondering if I might elicit a few opinions about the looks of = this. I've attached a photo -- I hope it comes through! =20 The bridge isn't notched all the way across on that right-most pin. On = the side that the string bears there is certainly a good notch, but to the = right of that it's not. Seems like that would actually strengthen rather than weaken the pin's hold, but since it looks unusual I thought I'd ask. Extending upward from the un-notched edge there is a visible line. = That's the border of the notching. It is not a crack. This is a fairly new = piano, about 3 or 4 years old, a Knabe Studio Upright. =20 Thanks, =20 John Dorr Helena, MT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/01/73/85/e5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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