[pianotech] Sustain

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Jon
? What a beauty,What construction.? Lucky you. If I lived close by?... I'd be over to play today
?Dale


-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 5:27 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sustain


Speaking of sustain. I recently purchased from an estate an old 6' Bluthner?
which had a new board installed some years ago. I used to tune it about?
twenty years ago and handed the customer off to another tuner.?
?
I recall the piano was lackluster. While the piano is on its side, I clean?
the bottom and beams. Of course the usual painting of the bottom black,?
looks impressive. A rag was tight getting by a few ribs and reached?
an impasse on one which is 9" from the end of the low tenor bridge,?
directly under the bridge. (where the 2nd beam and 3rd rib intersect)?
?
I ran a saw blade between the beam and rib to alleviate the binding.?
What a difference in ring time when the board is tapped. From tank?
to tremendous. I'm looking forward to getting this set up later today.?
-- ?
Regards,?
?
Jon Page?

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