<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan, Effectivly you have two strings = each trying to ring but muting each other out resulting in no sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=tune4u@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 09, = 2003 6:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Unbelieveable = String</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>New client, = small rural church. Late 40's Hallet, Davis conet/spinsole. Someone had already = done an elbowectomy and the flanges were all wood, thank goodness. Not tuned = in 4-5 years. Why now? Oh, they have a professional player coming in for a = concert. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>Oh, boy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>With a little = extra work and a Tunelab pitch raise, this piano sounds surprisingly not-so-bad. Surprisingly clean, too, with no wild strings until about G6! 22 = single bass strings and the tenor break was at G3 with two wound bichords for = G#3 and A3 on the tenor bridge, but it really isn't too bad and is even fairly = smooth in the bridge transition. In fact, it sounds better than a lot of = late model Baldwins and Hamiltons I've tuned in similar environments!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>Anyway, heres = the mystery: Bass bichord at B2. One of the strings is completely, = totally, absolutely dead. Not a thuddy-duddy, not tubby, not muffled--just = completely, flat-line dead. It makes no sound except the mechanical thump (as = opposed to the vegetarian thump) of the hammer. The string might as well be made = of lead. Absolutely weird. It is NOT touching a damper or any other object. I = have no idea where it is with regard to pitch so I just pulled it up to = physically feel about as tight as its unison-mate. When the note is struck, it = just sounds like one string being struck; there is no out-of-tune = sound or "mute bleed through" thud or anything--as though it were heavily and = firmly muted with a rag stuffed in for good measure.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>I examined = the string from end to end and did find one anomoly: About a third of the = way from hitch to pin, there is a place where about 1/2" of the winding is missing--just core wire showing. Okay, that might really screw up the harmonics of the thing but shouldn't it make SOME sort of noise?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>Totally weird.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus = Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.512 / = Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>