Arlie, I once had an identical situation on a nice old Steinway D. The string "looked" perfect but I ran my finger down the length of it and felt a very slight kink in the speaking length. I replaced the string and that was the end of it. chris >At 09:29 PM 5/19/98 -0600, you wrote: >>The client has a very nicely rebuilt 85-year-old Hazelton Bros. grand. I >>tuned it last fall and again recently. She let me know a week later that >>she was not satisfied with the tuning. So I went back. >> >>The culprit was a pulse in the left string of the first unison immediately >>above the bass/tenor break. It developed that she really was satisfied >>with the tuning, but she was hearing that pulse. Apparently this problem >>has been there before, but she thinks that last fall the pulse was gone >>after I tuned the piano. >> >>The string is firmly against the bridge. The other half of the string >>which loops back to form the second string of the unison has a clear, >>straight tone. >> >>Any suggestions as to the cause? Any suggestions as to the solution? >> >>Is it possible that tuning the piano to A-441 might have eliminated the >>pulse last fall? Now it was tuned to A-440, both times per her >>instructions. >> >>Thanks in advance. I may not see the piano again until the end of summer. >> >>Arlie >> >>Arlie D. Rauch >>Glendive, MT >> >>http://members.Tripod.com/~Turbooster >> >> >> >Roger Jolly >Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres. >Saskatoon/Regina. >Canada. -Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. School of Music Ohio University Athens OH -purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu (614) 593-1656 fax# (614) 593-1429
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