Thanks. That's two now that have suggested this. I'll admit that this hadn't occurred to me. Worth a try. Thanks. Avery >I had a similar problem on a Kawai RX-3 (not that it has anything to do >with Kawais in general). Some Coke had been spilled in the agraffe and >dried there, effectively deadening the string. You couldn't see the dried >Coke in there, and it doesn't take much to cause this problem. The >strings have to be removed from the agraffes and the agraffes and strings >must be cleaned. Hope this helps, >Jonathan Edwards >Emory University Technician > >On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 09:19:22 -0500 Avery Todd <atodd@UH.EDU> writes: >> Hi list, >> >> Got a question for you. I was tuning a Kawai RX-6 (7') this >> morning and the first time I played Bb2, it sounded almost >> completely dead. It was so obvious that "what the h*** just >> popped out. :-) It has the sort of sound that a hammer makes >> when the felt has come unglued from one side. Much softer and >> deader than the notes around it. >> >> There's evidence of a spill of something sticky, like coke, >> on the plate in the two middle sections. There's still some >> residue there and the plate bushings are all a grayish color. >> For the rest of the piano, the bushings are the normal wood >> color. There's no evidence anything got into the action except >> for 3-4 keys that have a dried liquid stain on them. >> >> The hammer is not the problem. I lifted the damper and plucked >> the strings and got the same dead type sound. I even pulled the >> action to look closer at the hammer. There's also no evidence >> of any problem at the bridge. Strangely, there's also no >> evidence of anything on the wire or felt under the strings by >> the tuning pins of that particular note, although there is on >> some others. >> >> My question is why would only that one note sound that way if >> indeed, the spill is responsible? >> >> Any other thoughts about why? >> >> The piano will have very heavy use for the next 3 weeks, until >> juries are over, so so it would be very difficult to find time >> to do much of anything except restring that particular note. >> But with all the recitals going on, I really don't want to even >> do that right now. >> >> Thanks for any ideas any of you might have. >> >> Regards, >> Avery >> University of Houston >> >> P.S. Have you ever noticed that when the words "The IRS" are >> combined, it spells "Theirs"? Just thought I'd throw that in on >> this fateful day!
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