<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Philippe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did the owner play violin or some other instrument that they used the piano to tune to and play with?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Where I work, it is always the Bb that gets knocked out and brighter over time, as the felt packs down sooner. caused by hammering the note while tuning to it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=phil.errembault@skynet.be href="mailto:phil.errembault@skynet.be">Philippe Errembault</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 06, 2006 4:32 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Resonance</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>About newbies (cfr other threads ;-) ) I've observed something curious </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on my piano </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>which I reminds, is a very old one with wooden frame etc...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's previous owner had it serviced and tuned, not long before I got it, so</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it could be an element of information in my question...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I observed is that A3 or A4 was brighter than the other notes, which I</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>first suspected as an need for voicing the hammer, but then i observed</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that the A's above were brighter too... So, as I felt hard to believe the Idea </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>of an illness specific to A strings, I wondered if the problem really </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>from </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hammers, or could instead come from a specific resonance of the piano </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>itself on </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>that frequency and the harmonics...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your opinions ? possible ? not possible ? should I suspect the previous </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>work ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Philippe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ps : I ask the question, because currently, I'm more interested in learning</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the "tuning" part, and I will attach myself to learn the "voicing" part later.</FONT></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>