<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Unpleasant overtone in plain wire</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE>Original message From: "John Alsina" To: pianotech@ptg.org Received: 11/7/2005 11:08:00 AM Subject: Unpleasant overtone in plain wire I am workin= g on a 1928 Steinway M that has loud unpleasant overtones in notes E3 to B3.= The overtone sounds like an out of tune cymbal or bell about a seventh abov= e the fundamental.  It can first be heard immediately after initial imp= act, and has a long decay.  It is not a sympathetic vibration from else= where in the piano.  It occurs whether the string is struck with the ha= mmer or plucked.  The strings have been replaced, leveled, and terminat= ions checked.  Nose bolts are tight. Hammers are new Steinways.  H= ammer voicing reduced the overtone on some notes, but not on others.  T= he piano has very little downbearing in the tenor, but pressing upward under= the bridge in this area does not affect the problem.  Help! </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FON= T FACE="Arial"> Try looking around REAL carefully under the plate; sounds like something&#8= 217;s laying on or touching the soundboard in some way..... David Andersen </BODY> </HTML>