If you are only muting the offending note's duplex, you should know the ringing can come from other duplex areas. You have to mute them all to find out! David I> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Bec and John <bjsilva001@comcast.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:54:18 -0400 Subject: Re: string ringing, buzzing, etc. >Hi, >Thanks everyone for the replies! I'm pretty certain it's not the duplex >scale, since if I mute it the sound persists. >It turned out the right string was not quite mated as the others, so I >reshaped the hammer properly. It did seem to make somewhat of a >difference, but the sound still persists. >So I decided to loosen the string and remove rust/build-up where the >string goes into the agraffe, at the bridge pins and the duplex bar - >in case it was rust of some sort. Still no fix. >I'm getting more curious about this, since as I said a handful of notes >between middle C and the octave above exhibit this problem (though not >nearly as bad). Could it just be over-worn hammers? The piano is about >80 years old. >Thanks. >- John >> I'd say the Baldwin SF10 was a clue...try muting the tenor section of >> the back scale. >> >> David I. >& >> John, >> Did you do anything to the wire at the bridge pins? >> >> Does it have a back duplex scale that is undamped? >> >> There is always the question of a possible impedance issue. >> >> Andrew >& >> John, >> >> After you did that, did you mate the hammer to the strings? >> >> Avery >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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