<!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 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" color=#0000ff><SPAN class=310144311-04052005>Try tapping the bridge pins in a bit with a = punch, you be surprise of the difference.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" color=#0000ff><SPAN class=310144311-04052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" color=#0000ff><SPAN class=310144311-04052005> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Wayne Walker</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Piano Tuner & = Technician</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">MUSICSTOP LTD</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">1005 Dow Rd, New Minas, = NS</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">B4N 3R4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Cell 902-221-1540</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Fax 902-681-1463</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><A href="mailto:wayne.w@musicstop.com">wayne.w@musicstop.com</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><A href="http://www.musicstop.com/">www.musicstop.com</A></FONT></DIV></SP= AN></FONT></DIV> <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> Piannaman@aol.com [mailto:Piannaman@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 04, 2005 = 1:24 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> A real puzzler: = Dead strings in "BB" M and H<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm scratching my head at this one.  I tuned a BB today that = is around 3 years out of the factory.  As I tuned the temperament, I = found that the middle string on several notes from middle C down towards the = tenor have virtually no sustain.  I thought it was damper "drag"(for = lack of a better term).  Pulled the dampers out of the way, no = change.  Second thought was over-needled hammers.  I plucked the strings. The = sound still died after a couple of seconds.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I thought it might be bad strings, but in most, if not all of the = notes, it was only the center string that was not sustaining.  These are = not individually looped strings, and the other half of the strings sounded = just fine.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I didn't alarm the customer, I just told her that there were some = notes that sounded kind of dead to me that I wanted to address at the next appointment.  They've had no complaints, because there was enough = sound when the outside strings weren't muted to negate the deadened = strings--unless, of course, you were listening for it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I seated and lifted strings, and attempted to get clean = termination points, all to no avail.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There seems to be adequate downbearing, and odds are, negative or = inadequate downbearing would affect all the strings of a unison, = no?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any suggestions are welcomed!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><BR> <HR> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.<BR>It has = removed 1389 spam emails to date.<BR>Paying users do not have this message in = their emails.<BR>Try <A href="http://www.spamfighter.com/Product_Info.asp?">SPAMfighter</A> = for free now!<BR></BODY></HTML>