Zing

[Avery Todd]

Clyde,

Been there, seen that, fixed that! :-) Just release the tension on the
string on the offending note(s) and chisel the bad notching job!

Avery

At 08:19 PM 03/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Friends,
>
>Last Wednesday I tuned a 1961 Wurlitzer spinet that had an obvious zing
>on a hard blow in C#4 and to a lesser degree in D4.  With a little
>detective work I decided a string is slightly contacting the bridge
>where it shouldn't be, at the notch.  Since the client wasn't available,
>I didn't fix the problem, because if the kids play the piano lightly
>they never noticed it before anyway.
>
>But I do want to fix it.  This is the third time I tuned this piano,
>annually, and the first time two years ago it needed a 160c pitchraise.
>What is an appropriate, and hopefully easy, way to take care of this
>nuisance noise?  Would slipping a thin wooden shim between the upper and
>lower bridge pins, flat against the bridge, under all three strings of
>the unison, be the way to go?  Or should I get myself a nice sharp 1/4"
>chisel and chip away the offending wood?  Any better ideas?  Probably a
>ridiculously easy question, but I don't recall running into this before.
>
>Regards,
>Clyde Hollinger, RPT
>Lititz, PA, USA