"Sklar-Pepplar" Heintzman

[Al Jeschke]

Ken - I'm inclined to think that it's plate resonance.  Some of the
Heintzman's are not the only makes of pianos that are plagued with
extraneous plate noise.  

Al Jeschke

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>	Maybe this won't be of interest to our US friends:
>	Yesterday I tuned a "Sklar-Pepplar" Heintzman 42" upright. I call
>it that because, after Heintzman sold out, the company was owned for a
>time by the furniture company Sklar-Pepplar. They made quite a few pianos
>and, although they weren't bad, they were nothing like the original
>Heintzmans.
>	The one I tuned yesterday had a strange after-ring. It didn't
>occur when I played bass notes, only when I played in the high treble. It
>sounded like resonance from unmuted ends of strings, although all the ends
>seemed to have stringing felt wound through them.
>	Any one have any ideas what the cause might be and how to correct
>it?
>	Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta
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