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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Hi, list.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>I don't know if this is =
relevant, but I
would like to share this experience with list. I have a wonderful =
old
Bechstein grand 7 ft 8 in from 1877, with a real great acoustic =
potential, in my
opinion. I am now voicing it to the best I can. I strugled =
with a
kind of agressiveness problem, trying to localise where I had to needle =
in the
hammers to get it right. For some reason, I took out of the piano =
the damp
chaser system it had, and this appeard to solve my problem. In =
fact, the
system was installed high in between the wooden frame blocks, and the =
plastic
cover of the system was slightly pushing against the soundboard. =
This
appeard clearly to dampen the fundamentals of all notes, giving the feel =
of less
sustained and more agressive sound.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Wouldn't you expect a =
soundboard spring
to cause the same kind of sound problem ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Stéphane =
Collin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bruxelles, =
Belgium</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</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> Sunday, February 10, 2002 =
8:14
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Soundboard springs and =
hysterisis: question for Del F.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Del:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Been reading the past posts on soundboard springs =
and have
come to your comments that a leaf spring arrangement would be subject =
to
"hysterisis" and would not be as effective. Could you define =
what you
mean by that term as it applies here?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David love</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>