This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Wilhem!=20 We miss your shop in St. Louis. How's life at the U of A? Yes, I will be = removing the action and looking at that bridge and whacking those = strings with the ol' brass rod. Hammer SHAPES are okay and not very = deeply grooved. Does grooving cause .... wait, wait ... I'm having an = epiphany! Of course grooved or uneven hammers would cause an "uneven = string height" effect and the strings would sing slightly out of phase, = hence whiny!!!! Wow, thanks for pointing me thataway. I just keep seeing this on so many of the Hamilton studios that a local = dealer sold over the years that I wondered about a scale design problem = or something. Tx for responding. Alan Barnard ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Is it just me or ... In a message dated 7/17/02 9:57:18 AM Central Daylight Time, = mathstar@salemnet.com writes:=20 do all Baldwin Hamilton Studios sound whiny and have a lot of wild = strings from 33 to the top? I live in Missouri with a lot of humidity = and temperature swings. Pianos in rural churches don't use heat/air much = during the week. Did two yesterday, couldn't get them to sound right, to = me. Have just about decided to become a Wal-mart Greeter.=20 Alan=20 Hi Alan=20 Try tapping the bridge pins, and setting strings on the bridge, in = addition to shaping the hammers. Convince the church that after 30 = years, a piano needs more than just tuning.=20 Wim=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/06/19/dd/bd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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