[CAUT] Can't hear the forest for the trees

[johnparham at piano88.com]

Any change in timbre, aside from the jangling stopping?> --------
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>>> I have not had the pleasure of working on pianos in good enough shape for a difference in timbre to be an issue, so I don't have enough feedback yet.  Still working on it!

-John Parham

> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Can't hear the forest for the trees
> From: Susan Kline <skline at peak.org>
> Date: Mon, August 17, 2009 3:15 pm
> To: caut at ptg.org
> >If it's a string winding issue you want to isolate, try CA glue on the
> >end of the winding.  It has helped for me in the past.  You may also try
> >crimping a tiny bit of winding to the end of the string to change the
> >mass to see what effect it has.
> >
> >John Parham
> >Hickory, NC
> Wow. I never knew that would work! Next time I come across a rattling
> bass string on a "piano of dubious worth" I'll give that a try.
> Any change in timbre, aside from the jangling stopping?
> Susan Kline