Steinway 45 upright

[Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)]

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While we're on this bridge-pin subject again...I tune and service the C&A
Steinway D for the Cincinnati Symphony and the regular trail of soloists
that come through. This piano is just a couple of years old and is beginning
to drive me crazy with its Jeckle/Hyde tendencies. During the moist months
it has a big, round clear tone but as soon as it begins to dry out it
reverts a devilish false beat capo noise monster. Unfortunately, most of the
concerts are during the dry months and there is no hope of any climate
control. The soloists all like this piano but it drives me nuts and I'm
constantly trying to clean and sweeten up the capo sections without losing
any power. I've tried pounding the bridge pins in and moving the strings
around and this has had some effect, but its getting harder and harder to
clean it up. I remember past discussions about wicking CA glue down around
the bridge pins and wouldn't hesitate to try it on a practice room piano
(hmm, I think I'll try that right now) but I'm wondering how many people out
there are successfully using this technique on concert instruments.
 
Eric
 

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Eric Wolfley 
Head Piano Technician 
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music 
University of Cincinnati 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Page [mailto:jonpage@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:20 AM
To: caut-ptg.org
Subject: Steinway 45 upright 


>You might try tapping the bridge pins.

>Ed S.


Yes, tap the bridge pins. Seating the strings on the bridge has
negligible effect. Ever since Roger pointed out tapping the pins,
I've been effecting this false beat reduction technique with good results.

Regards,

Jon Page 


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