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<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.
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<DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>Oh,
boy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV><SPAN class=656492400-10092003><FONT face=Arial>Totally
weird.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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