[pianotech] bass strings installation

[David Love]

It does happen.  You don't need to sent them back just call them.  I think
the guys at Mapes are good about sending out replacements.

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Paul T Williams
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:38 AM
To: Roy; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] bass strings installation

 


I just looked....and no, no wedges anywhere.  It must be just some bad
strings? 

Paul 





Roy <roy.peters at mindspring.com> 
Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 

04/23/2009 08:23 PM 


Please respond to
Roy <roy.peters at mindspring.com>; Please respond to
pianotech at ptg.org


To

pianotech at ptg.org 


cc

	

Subject

Re: [pianotech] bass strings installation

 

		




Paul: 

Sorry if this seems too obvious.  Could you have left a wedge in right at
that spot?  You might want to check to be sure that all of the wedges are
out from under the soundboard. 

Roy Peters

-----Original Message----- 
From: Paul T Williams 
Sent: Apr 23, 2009 5:55 PM 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] bass strings installation 


David 
I found agreeably that most well made bass strings shouldn't need the twist.
but the last two from Arledge did indeed need it.  Only 1 twist instead of
the old timer's 1.5 or even 2.  The Baldwin R that I just replaced with
Mapes had no luck with twisting, no twisting, or twisting 2 times.  I think
I'll send them back...Just the 3 bi-chords in the lower treble.. The rest
were fine.  HOWEVER...The downbearing just in this spot was not very good.
Perhaps it's that???? the immediate plain wire strings from there up are
just fine. It's not the hammers.  The pluck test shows that they're tubby.
But all 3 bi-chords only??  Seems like this is a bridge issue...How then
would the rest of lower treble bridge make such a great sound? I Wapinized
the whole thing, and the sustain, after all the extra work, is just great
and am happy with the piano in general. Can a bridge have loss of
downbearing just in that spot?  I'm really perplexed on this one, unless
it's just 6 bad bass strings... 

Advise from all wecome! 

Paul 




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090424/6b38e05d/attachment.html>