<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><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 bgColor=#ffffff> <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> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <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> <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=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></FONT></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></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>