[pianotech] Ringing on

[John Ross]

It might be a sympathetic vibration from somewhere you don't expect. Like a bleed through on a bass string.
I have a length of wood with a felt strip glued to it, and I hold it on the strings in different areas.
I think it was in a Bill Spurlock's class where this was mentioned.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Piano Boutique 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ringing on


  Laura,

  Check the strings between the hitch pins and the bridge:  if you put your hand on the strings there, and the ringing stops, then just put in some braiding.

  William

  Especially the bass.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Laura Read 
    To: pianotech at ptg.org 
    Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:44 AM
    Subject: [pianotech] Ringing on


    I am working on an old Haines Bros. 5' grand with lots of issues, including significant cracks in the soundboard, but I don't have a clue why the sound is ringing on. I have regulated the dampers, which apparently were replaced a few years back, but even when I put my hand down on the strings I can't stop the sound. Any ideas?

     

    Thank you,

    Laura
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