This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I heard/saw a piano once that had bridge pins missing that caused a = rattle like that. Joseph Alkana RPT josephspiano@attbi.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tvak@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 6:58 PM Subject: Biasco Baldwin Puzzler Went to a new client's house today. Baldwin Acrosonic(!) 8 months = old,=20 purchased from Biasco. The pianist in the house, the daughter, had = left me=20 instructions to take a look at the very bottom key, A, which buzzed or = rattled. There was also a key in the tenor range which had a "hollow" = sound=20 when the sustain pedal was used. I checked that first, and I found = that the=20 damper was not regulated properly and would not lift off the string = when the=20 damper pedal was used. Actually there were three like this that = needed=20 adjusting, and so, a bend at the bottom, one at the top, and on to the = next=20 problem. =20 Played the low A. Yipes, talk about a rattle! This was not some = subtle=20 timbre thing, it sounded like a something was in contact with the = string,=20 like a pencil or something metallic. Took off the kneeboard and = immediately=20 I could see the problem. I've only been in the biz for 5 years, but = I've=20 never seen this one before. Keep in mind that this piano is 8 months = old and=20 was purchased from Biasco! What caused the rattle? Tom Sivak P.S. Not relevant to the puzzler, the client paid $4K for it---but he told = me, "It=20 was marked down from $8K. They must have really needed to sell it = quick."=20 P.P.S. Also not relevant, I just spellchecked this document, and the = spellchecker=20 suggested I replace Biasco with Fiasco. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/34/9f/c9/74/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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