Leslie W Bartlett wrote: > > Today I went to a school to tune a new piano and inquired about an older > one which the teacher said went out of tune shortly after I tuned it. She > said it had gone out quickly the time before, so I had spent a long time > setting strings, etc. , I went over the piano again today , finding a > lot of stuff sort-of out, but not far. Was about to leave and "Pa-paw" > the custodian caught me. This guy is kinda dumb- like a fox ,in his > seventies, and plays an absolutely wicked Blues piano. He said he'd go > back with me to that piano. A Baldwin console, school-type. Notes I had > "cleaned up" fifteen minutes ago were now half a beat off. We spent > nearly an hour on about five notes, tuning them until both of us agreed, > "That's absolutely right." Ten minutes later there would be a slight > wobble. The tone, too bright by far, was aided when I filed a few hammers > just to see what would happen. But stability in the tuning was > impossible to achieve. Any help with this one? > > Leslie Bartlett M. Mus > Houston Chapter PTG > lesbart@juno.com Did you check the plate screws?. I had a kimball grand that was doing this and found two plate bolts stripped out. Warren -- Warren D. Fisher fish@communique.net Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild New Orleans Chapter 701
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