Weird Strings

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Terry,
You have nothing to loose in this situation and probably nothing will be
gained, but try placing a drop of  medium CA glue just at the top 1/5 nodal
point of the winding. Or,  if you can get the tone to match the other
strings, a wedge mute or balance rail punching just above the winding.
Neither is as good as replacement of the string.
Joe Goss
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> From: Terry Beckingham <Terry_Beckingham@mbnet.mb.ca>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Weird Strings
> Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 8:51 PM
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I have just finished reconditioning a 1948 40" Willis Console. This
included
> new plain wire, new tuning pins and a new bass bridge as the old one was
> split wide open.
> 
> I re-used the original bass strings. After bringing the piano up to pitch
it
> became evident that some of the bass strings were dead sounding and one
had
> a very strange beating in it. I put an extra twist in the dead sounding
> strings. This made the strings more lively but produced a noticeable
beating
> at the 5th partial in these strings. All are bichords. These strings beat
at
> the 5th partial 3-4 times per second. The beats cannot be tuned out.  
> 
> The lowest string is the right hand string of F#2. The left hand string
does
> not exhibit this beating. Other notes affected are G2, and D#3 which is
> located on the lower end of the treble bridge. Both strings in the last
two
> notes are affected.
> 
> I cannot say whether or not these notes exhibited this beating before the
> piano was disassembled as the bass bridge was split wide open and the
piano
> was untuneable. 
> 
> Short of replacing these strings, does anyone have any ideas as to how I
> might eliminate these beats? Has anyone come across a similar problem.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Terry Beckingham
> PTG Associate     
>