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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You’ve received many suggestions but
have you checked to see whether the shift on the offending notes is the same as
the other notes? In other words, does the hammer on the offending notes
shift off the strings to the same degree as the others? Also, does the
same thing happen when you only partially engage the una corda pedal so the
shift doesn’t actually come off the left hand string?</span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>David Love<br>
davidlovepianos@comcast.net<br>
www.davidlovepianos.com</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Thomas Cole<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:55
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Noisy Dampers on Shift</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I just acquired a
client who bought a new F183 Fazioli. Obviously it's a very nice piano, but the
owner is complaining of improper damper function on several notes starting
above C4, especially on shift. The hammers all shift off of the first string in
Faziolis so I can see that there might be some phase shift between the strings
of each unison challenging the dampers, but he's only complaining about a
handful of notes in the fourth octave.<br>
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The fact that the owner is formerly a synth player is likely why this effect
was so noticeable to him, but I must admit the buzzy cutoff on a slow release
of the key is not at all subtle. Even the dealer over the phone could hear it.<br>
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So far, the trichord wedges are exerting equal pressure on the strings
(plucking doesn't reveal any leaks or uneven damping) and the dampers follow
when pressing on the strings. The technician who prepped the piano didn't
notice a problem but who checks damper function on shift?<br>
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Anyone care to take a shot at it?<br>
<br>
Tom Cole</span></font></p>
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