<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bruce,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have you been servicing the piano all = along, or are you new to the situation?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <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=bruce@bgpianotech.com = href="mailto:bruce@bgpianotech.com">Bruce Gibson Piano Technician</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> Friday, May 27, 2005 9:15 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bass = Overtones</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thanks Dave.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">The overtones happen as the = hammers hit the strings, and continue while the dampers are off the strings. It's a = puzzle for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bruce</FONT></DIV> <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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 27, 2005 = 1:03 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bass = Overtones</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana = color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/26/05 10:49:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, = <A href="mailto:bruce@bgpianotech.com">bruce@bgpianotech.com</A> = writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2> <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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Bruce,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What I find interesting is that I tune many RX2s, and they are = probably less troubled by that type of harmonic disturbance than just about = any other piano I work on.  I'm curious about what it might be.  Are = the dampers seating properly? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good luck, keep us posted,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>