[CAUT] Seiler Flexing

[Richard Murphy]

Hi Wim,
    As I recall, the area where the A3 is touching the plate is under a
strut and the plate area that it is hitting is a shelf forming under the
strut. I think the next lower string is mostly in mid air and the next
higher string has too short a back length to be a problem.  I will
definitely take measurements and watch for any changes.  Thanks,
Richard


On 4/27/09 1:09 PM, "wimblees at aol.com" <wimblees at aol.com> wrote:

> Hi Richard
> 
> I'm just speculating here, but I wonder if by putting the piano on the truck,
> the piano more or less bowed more in the middle because the legs are now
> "dangleling in mid air", if you get my meaning? Obviously it isn't a lot, but
> just enough to bend the sides of the rim just a hair, so that the music desk
> slides in and out easier,,and for the plate in the back to lower just a tad,
> which is allowing the string to touch the plate.
> 
> For now I don't think there needs to be a concern, but it might be worth it to
> take a few measurements to see if there are any changes over a period of a
> year or so. One measurement would be the distance between the inside of the
> rims at the stretcher. (where the music desk sits). The other one is the
> distance between the string of Ab3 and the plate in the tail. BTW, why is just
> A3 touching, and not the others?
> 
> Wim 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Murphy <rmurphy at siue.edu>
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 1:54 am
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Seiler Flexing
> 
> Hi Jeff,
>     Yes I do, and the piano has a DC with undercover for about three years.
> It stays very stable.  The room RH was 33% last Thursday.  The piano was not
> out of tune and there were only two unisons that were wild, one was D5 which
> I've been having trouble with this last 6 weeks. The right string is always
> quite a bit out of tune, this time it was flat.  I've been starting to see
> if it is always flat or not but have not kept track long enough to know yet.
> I've been paying special attention to that note when tuning, but it still
> seems to be a problem.
> Richard
> 
> 
> On 4/25/09 9:15 AM, "Jeff Tanner" <tannertuner at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> > Have you taken regular humidity readings?
>> > Jeff
>> > 
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Richard Murphy" <rmurphy at siue.edu>
>> > To: <caut at ptg.org>
>> > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:54 AM
>> > Subject: [CAUT] Seiler Flexing
>> > 
>> > 
>>> >> Hi All,
>>> >>    I service a Seiler Grand 9' at a neighboring college and yesterday >>>
they
>>> >> put it on a piano truck because the large brass wheels were marking up
>>> the
>>> >> newly installed hard wood flooring.  The piano has always been quite nice
>>> >> and fills the room well, an "A" frame sanctuary.  After they put the
>>> piano
>>> >> on the truck, I went in to tune it as I tune this piano about every other
>>> >> week,mostly just small touch ups and a unison here and there.  Two things
>>> >> were very different now.  First, the music desk slide out easily, it used
>>> >> to
>>> >> be as tight fit, and the back length of A3 was now touching the plate and
>>> >> buzzing.  I weaved felt through the strings in that area to stop the
>>> >> buzzing, but I'm concerned about the piano flexing on this truck.  Is >>>
that
>>> >> possible?  Could it keep flexing more?  Any one have a similar situation?
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >> Richard J. Murphy
>>> >> SIUE
>>> >> 
>>> >> 
>>> >> 
>>> >> 
>>> >> 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
> 
> 
> 
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