Mysterious after ring.

[Michael Jorgensen]

Hi Patrick,
     This list has covered about everything regarding ringing dampers
except perhaps sypathetic vibration from a source other than the piano. 
Are there any other instruments in the room with open strings? A
grandfather clock perhaps?  I once had a complaint about ringing dampers
on a concert grand which was actually a pedal rod holding dampers off
the strings on an upright down below in the pit.  Such sounds can be
deceiving. 
Good Luck
-Mike Jorgensen


CCLPianos@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> List, I accidentally erased a letter that I had prepared in response to the
> helpful suggestions. By memory I would like to say that Ed Foote mentioned the
> possibility of a trichord not seating, or the possibility of the stringing
> braid not in place. And to that I respond: neither possibility is the cause. I
> have plucked all the strings individually. The stringing braid is intact.
> Meanwhile, I am inclined to let this piano sit for a while, maybe it'll fix
> itself.
> Patrick Wethington