<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=190402803-10092003>Totally dead strings are not that unusual, at = least not down here. Replace it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=190402803-10092003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=190402803-10092003>Richard Strang</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Joe And Penny Goss<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B> = Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Unbelieveable = String<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan, Effectivly you have two strings = each trying to ring but muting each other out resulting in no sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A = href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net" = title=tune4u@earthlink.net>Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 09, = 2003 6:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Unbelieveable = String</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>New client, = small rural church. Late 40's Hallet, Davis conet/spinsole. Someone had already = done an elbowectomy and the flanges were all wood, thank goodness. Not tuned = in 4-5 years. Why now? Oh, they have a professional player coming in for a = concert. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>Oh, boy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>With a = little extra work and a Tunelab pitch raise, this piano sounds surprisingly = not-so-bad. Surprisingly clean, too, with no wild strings until about G6! = 22 single bass strings and the tenor break was at G3 with two wound bichords = for G#3 and A3 on the tenor bridge, but it really isn't too bad and is even = fairly smooth in the bridge transition. In fact, it sounds better than = a lot of late model Baldwins and Hamiltons I've tuned in similar environments!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>Anyway, = heres the mystery: Bass bichord at B2. One of the strings is completely, = totally, absolutely dead. Not a thuddy-duddy, not tubby, not muffled--just completely, flat-line dead. It makes no sound except the mechanical = thump (as opposed to the vegetarian thump) of the hammer. The string might = as well be made of lead. Absolutely weird. It is NOT touching a damper or = any other object. I have no idea where it is with regard to pitch so I just = pulled it up to physically feel about as tight as its unison-mate. When the = note is struck, it just sounds like one string being struck; there is no = out-of-tune sound or "mute bleed through" thud or anything--as though it = were heavily and firmly muted with a rag stuffed in for good measure.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>I examined = the string from end to end and did find one anomoly: About a third of the = way from hitch to pin, there is a place where about 1/2" of the winding is missing--just core wire showing. Okay, that might really screw up = the harmonics of the thing but shouldn't it make SOME sort of noise?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>Totally weird.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus = Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.512 = / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>