Allen Wright writes: Has anyone working on Hamburg Steinway B's (or similar instruments) encountered shimmery high partial noises (quite noticeable) at the level of 4 octaves up (perhaps at the major seventh pitch or thereabouts), in the area around E3 in the plain wire tenors? Perhaps half dozen notes stand out like this.... Allen, I'm still thinking about this, and, although I don't know if it relates to the Hamburg pianos, there was a run of New York pianos in the seventies that had a poor agraffe profile. That is to say, the shape of the inside of the agraffe did not make a good termination. I have a couple of D's that exhibit this in the tenor. We restrung one, changing the agraffes, and it really cleared up the high metallic whistle. Inspecting the old and new agraffes under magnification really showed up the difference. On the other D, increasing the draft angle slightly by putting a center pin under the string (on the counterbearing felt) made a big improvement, although we'll still eventually want to replace the agraffes. Let us know when you find out for sure what it is. Bob Davis **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080710/755dcc12/attachment.html
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