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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Thanks Alan. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I might give it a =
try.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bruce</FONT></DIV>
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<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
Barnard</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> Monday, May 30, 2005 =
10:01 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bass =
Overtones</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Uh.... please note: The sandbag thing was meant, I'm sure, as =
diagnostic
only, not as a repair. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV>
<DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bruce@bgpianotech.com =
href="mailto:bruce@bgpianotech.com">Bruce
Gibson Piano Technician</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A =
title=staff@smithpiano.com
href="mailto:staff@smithpiano.com">staff@smithpiano.com</A>;<A
title=pianotech@ptg.org =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 05/30/2005 10:18:02 PM =
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bass =
Overtones</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>
<DIV>Thanks Brad.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I really appreciate your suggestion. It's, frankly, the best =
one yet.
One person suggested I place sand bags on the back stringing. =
Another
suggeted that I could fool around with the scaling. This could be a =
very
expensive proposition, given that I don't make my own bass strings. =
Seems
like a bit of a hit or miss approach to me.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Do the couplers actually stay put on the speaking length side =
of the
bass strings? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bruce Gibson<BR>Piano Technician</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Cell - 306.221.3786<BR>Fax - 306.955.3725<BR><A
=
href="mailto:bruce@bgpianotech.com">bruce@bgpianotech.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.bgpianotech.com">www.bgpianotech.com</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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</DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=staff@smithpiano.com =
href="mailto:staff@smithpiano.com">Brad
Smith</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> Monday, May 30, 2005 =
8:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Bass =
Overtones</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN =
class=500073802-31052005>Hi Bruce,
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN =
class=500073802-31052005>Try some of
Scott Jones, Pitch Lock string couplers. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN =
class=500073802-31052005>You will be
amazed at how they clean up bass string noises in bi-chords.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN =
class=500073802-31052005><A
=
href="http://www.pitchlock.com">http://www.pitchlock.com</A></SPAN></FO=
NT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
class=500073802-31052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN =
class=500073802-31052005>It took me
several years before I would even stop to check them out at =
conventions,
etc. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN =
class=500073802-31052005>Try it on
some wrangly bass bi-chords. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
class=500073802-31052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brad Smith, =
RPT</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=500073802-31052005> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.smithpiano.com">www.smithpiano.com</A></FONT> =
<BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2> </FONT> </P>
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bruce Gibson =
Piano
Technician [mailto:bruce@bgpianotech.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> =
Friday, May
27, 2005 1:47 AM<BR><B>To:</B> =
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Bass
Overtones<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Hello everyone.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bruce Gibson in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada here.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have a client who has a Kawai RX-2. We changed the bass =
strings
to GC Piano Co. strings because the client was complaining about =
obnoxious overtones. Many of the offending overtones are still =
there.
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Any suggestions as to how I might go about eliminating =
them, or at
very least reducing them. I've tried voicing the hammers...with =
not
audible change.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Look forward to your input.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank you.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV>Bruce</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOT=
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