This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Ron, A good quick test to find out if it is the strings is to lower a string = about a fifth and bang the heck out of it, then quickly bring it back up = to pitch. If there is any improvement it is usually a string problem and = twisting the string may bring further improvements. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ron & Lorene Shiflet=20 To: PTG - send/receive=20 Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 2:44 PM Subject: Walter dead bass section I just bought a used Charles Walter studio the other day. I'm a = little concerned. About 3/4 ths of the bass section is dead. There are = about 5 notes at the top that sound good. The rest are dead. =20 Here's the rest. The piano has had pretty good use. It's about 20 = years old. Action is Pratt-Read. Regulation is pretty good. There's a = little lost motion in the keys, but it's primarily in the high treble, = very little in the bass. Hammers are moderately grooved and need to be = reshaped. Downbearing seems intact. I doubt it's the hammers since the grooves are bigger in the = mid-range and treble where the tone is normal. The strings are still = dead when plucked with a finger. There's nothing obvious. The piano = was played well and taken care of. No cabinet scratches. =20 Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Ron =20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7d/36/50/da/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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