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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try pitchlock and call me in the
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer PTG assoc<BR>Santa Clara,
Ca.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jalsina@adelphia.net =
href="mailto:jalsina@adelphia.net">John
Alsina</A> </DIV>
<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> Monday, November 07, 2005 =
11:08
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Unpleasant overtone in =
plain
wire</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am working on a 1928 Steinway M =
that has loud
unpleasant overtones in notes E3 to B3. The overtone sounds like an =
out of
tune cymbal or bell about a seventh above the fundamental. It =
can first
be heard immediately after initial impact, and has a long decay. =
It is
not a sympathetic vibration from elsewhere in the piano. It =
occurs
whether the string is struck with the hammer or plucked. The =
strings
have been replaced, leveled, and terminations checked. Nose =
bolts are
tight. Hammers are new Steinways. Hammer voicing reduced the =
overtone on
some notes, but not on others. The piano has very little =
downbearing in
the tenor, but pressing upward under the bridge in this area does not =
affect
the problem. Help!</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>