Zing

[Dave Nereson]

----- Original Message -----
From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 6:19 PM
Subject: Zing


> 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


   I've run into this before.  Just chisel away the wood. Probably a razor
blade or pocket knife would work as well.  Don't mess with a shim or buy any
special chisel.          --David Nereson, RPT, Denver