<!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 5.50.4728.2300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg, I am not sure of very much.  = What do you suggest?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Smith SW FL</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=gnewell@ameritech.net = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</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> Monday, June 09, 2003 = 11:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: False Beats in = high treble after stringing</DIV> = <DIV><BR></DIV>Dave,<BR><X-TAB>       =  </X-TAB>Are you sure that the false beats are coming from the bridge end o the string?<BR><BR>Greg Newell<BR><BR><BR><BR>At 09:09 PM 6/9/2003, you wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite"><FONT face=arial = size=2>Just finished stringing my Wing and Sons upright piano project and have = quite a few false beats in the last two octaves of treble in single = strings.  My first restringing project.  Phil Bondi suggested that I ask = on-list for advice.  The treble bridge seemed (to me anyway) to be in = pretty good shape.  About 1/3 of the bridge pins were loose and I had = removed and replaced after putting epoxy on the ends of the pins.  Also = a little epoxy whereever there appeared to be any hints of small = cracks near the pins.    Great results, except in certain strings = of the high treble. Other than there, the piano sounds great.   I = don't see anything different about these strings or the bridge from other = strings, but I think I need to fix if possible.  For example, B6 center = string has a beat of about 2 bps.  Not as loud as a real beat between = two strings, but still THERE.   Some higher strings beat faster.</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>I have = experimented with seating the strings with my copper rod, at each bridge pin.  = Also tried tapping each bridge pin in a small bit.  Doesnt seem to help, = except in certain strings.  I did lightly sand and buff the v-bar before restringing, and think I have the right adjustment on the pressure bar.  I've been reading the archives and the PTG CD articles re = false beats, but the number of "hits" for this search term is overwhelming.</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Can = anyone offer me advice on what to do next to reduce the false beats, short of = unstringing and recapping bridge, etc?  I would appreciate your help!</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Frustrated in Florida,</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Dave Smith</FONT><BR><FONT face=arial size=2>SW FL</FONT><BR><BR>---<BR><BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A href="http://www.grisoft.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.grisoft.com</A>).<BR>Version: 6.0.486 = / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 5/29/2003</BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP> <P></X-SIGSEP>Greg Newell<BR>Greg's piano Forté<BR><A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>---<BR><BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - = Release Date: 5/29/2003<BR> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HT= ML>