BASS TO TREBLE BRE

[Ron Nossaman]

At 08:12 PM 6/15/96 -0600, you wrote:
>
> Le> From: Les Smith <lessmith@buffnet.net>
> Le> Subject: Re: bass to treble break problem
>
> Le> tell us where and how the weights should be attached to the bridge in
> Le> the case of a vertical piano? Thanks very much.
>
>Maybe you have seen the Fandrich upr. on display at one of the national
>conventions. From the back side of this piano you can observe a large round
>weight attached to the soundboard. I don't remember exactly where it was
>attached but it may have been near the end of the tenor bridge. You could
>contact Del about this. I have seen rebuilders use this on grands. I have
>never tried it myself.
>I wonder how the tone is, compared to other notes, when the strings are pluck-
>ed with a fingernail? If the problem is worse when played than plucked then
>perhaps some voicing of the hammer would help.
>

I've seen a small/medium brass weight under the low end of the tenor bridge
of a D.H. Baldwin (ick!). All things considered, I couldn't tell if it
improved ANYTHING in this instance.


>Bye the way I have a problem with a teachers Kawai grand that I have done an
>estimate to do some voicing on. The first 3 or 4 notes above the tenor/treble
>plate strut have very bad sustain time when plucked or struck. She has not
>mentioned it as a problem but she will no doubt be listening more carefully
>after I do the voicing. Any suggestions for me on what I might check to help
>these notes sing like their neighbors?
>
>Scott Johnson
>scott.e.johnson@24stex.com
>

Check the soundboard crown with a string and flashlight underneath. I've
found a lot of them flat in this area. Don't trust a downbearing reading
from above, it won't tell you enough. Get out and get under to see for sure.
Do you get an odd muddy sound distortion on a hard blow in this area along
with short duration? <insert sound> When I hear that sound, I crawl under
and check. If it's flat, forget the voicing problem!

P.S. How do you do a real-time sound attatchment to E-Mail?
 Ron Nossaman