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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like to clean up =
the
metallic sounds and occasional buzzing that occur when the notes between =
A4 and
A5 are initially played on a Baldwin Hamilton that is about 3 years =
old.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This seems to be the result of =
the
pressure bar being too high.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>I came
to this conclusion by doing the following:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Checking the
height on the pressure bar using the method described in this article by =
Kent
Webb <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A
href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/53/99/87/2f/at=
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(found to be too high);<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Applying
pressure between the V-Bar and the pressure bar (stopped the metallic
sound).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like to lower the =
pressure
bar and have the following questions:</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How =
low should
the pitch be dropped – by a certain number of cents or turns on the =
tuning
pin?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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list 27.0pt">2)<SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Should the pitch be =
lowered in
steps?</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Should the bass be dropped =
also?</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Once the pitch is dropped, =
is it
safe to remove one screw at a time to check if the hole is deep enough =
and to
apply bees wax for lubrication?</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks very
much.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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