<!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 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = 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> <DIV>Bruce</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>