<DIV>The piano is a 1967 Schafer & Sons Grand.  I may not of noticed it before I tuned, but it is there now.  It is only when I play a few notes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>tom driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</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> Saturday, February 05, 2005 7:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> First Pitch Raise</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hello all,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just performed my first pitch raise (aural) in a clients home today.  It went really well...my arm is tired.  I just had a quick question.</DIV> <DIV><BR>After the pitch raise, and while I was fine tuning, a few of the strings in the tenor section started ringing when I played them.  What would cause that?  Thanks!</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>Matthew Todd<BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    That's cause you broke the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Just kidding---</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    How old---How cheap was the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I pitch raised a "Grand" spinet and had complaints along these lines.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Old uprights with hard as rock dampers can develop this "leakage " after a big P.R.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Or maybe the ringing was always there and you didn't hear it because you were playing ---not tuning </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Matthew Todd<br>Todd Piano Works<br>Piano Tuner/Technician<br>Tuning - Repairing - Regulating<p> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> Yahoo! Search presents - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=30648/*http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/jibjabinaugural.html">Jib Jab's 'Second Term'</a>