Loose Ribs

[Clark Sprague]

Hi, all.  I was trying to tune a Shoninger spinet tonight (what a horrible 
thing), and when I got to C#5, and to a lesser extent, D5, I heard the 
weirdest sounds.  I knew that the thing had loose ribs, and they were 
buzzing most of the way up the piano, but at that point, they began to buzz 
"harmonically".  I have never heard this before.
    I have attached a recording made on my Dell pocket PC, on which I run 
Tunelab.  It is a .wav file, and can be opened with Windows Media Player.  I 
turned the volume up, and it comes through clearly.  And it is different the 
second time I hit C#, from the first time.
    Anyone heard this kind of vibe coming from loose ribs before?
Clark A. Sprague, RPT 
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