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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Wilhem! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We miss your shop in St. Louis. How's =
life at the U
of A? Yes, I will be removing the action and looking at that bridge and =
whacking
those strings with the ol' brass rod. Hammer SHAPES are okay and not =
very deeply
grooved. Does grooving cause .... wait, wait ... I'm having an epiphany! =
Of
course grooved or uneven hammers would cause an "uneven string height" =
effect
and the strings would sing slightly out of phase, hence whiny!!!! Wow, =
thanks
for pointing me thataway.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just keep seeing this on so many =
of the
Hamilton studios that a local dealer sold over the years that I wondered =
about a
scale design problem or something.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tx for responding. Alan =
Barnard</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM =
href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 17, 2002 =
10:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Is it just me or =
...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
7/17/02 9:57:18 AM Central Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">mathstar@salemnet.com</A> =
writes:
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TYPE="CITE">do all Baldwin Hamilton Studios sound whiny and have a =
lot of
wild strings from 33 to the top? I live in Missouri with a lot of =
humidity
and temperature swings. Pianos in rural churches don't use heat/air =
much
during the week. Did two yesterday, couldn't get them to sound =
right, to me.
Have just about decided to become a Wal-mart Greeter. </FONT><FONT =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Alan</FONT><FONT
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<BR><XMP></XMP></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0f0f0f =
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lang=0
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Hi Alan =
<BR><BR>Try
tapping the bridge pins, and setting strings on the bridge, in =
addition to
shaping the hammers. Convince the church that after 30 years, a piano =
needs
more than just tuning. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>