<!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 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Ed,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Make a long damper stick say a foot = long, hammer rail or anything handy felt. and apply to the bass strings just under = the key bed. If this cuts off the over-ring the best might be longer damper felt = on the bass. Also while you are under there check to see if there is braiding = on the waste ends of the bass and tenor strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<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="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ecarwithen@yahoo.com = href="mailto:ecarwithen@yahoo.com">Ed Carwithen</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Piano Tech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 25, = 2005 8:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> puzzlement</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The problem is a very prominent ring in all registers but = particularly in the low.  The piano is an Everett console, #260365.  Fairly = recent with metal support beams instead of wood in the back.  After = playing a note or chord the dampers cut off the tone, but there is a strong = after ring which can persist for seven to ten seconds.  The dampers are good = and are sitting properly on the strings.  When the strings behind the = dampers are pressed the dampers follow.  You can hear the actual tone of the = struck note cut off when the damper recontacts the string, but the echo tone continues.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The piano has metal casters sitting on a wood floor in front of a = sheet rock wall.  It occurred to me that the casters were transferring = the vibrations to the floor directly causing the floor to act as a general = resonator.  I tried rubber furniture cups under the wheels and = also a heavy rug with a rubber backing as well as the rubber cups on top of = the rug.  There was no improvement.  I tried blankets in back = with no improvement.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have any suggestions of things that might improve = this situation by diminishing the after ring??</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Carwithen</DIV> <DIV>John Day, OR</DIV> <P>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection = around <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>