the mass of the brass is a gass

[Joe And Penny Goss]

De end of the bridge, No mas there!
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: the mass of the brass is a gass


> Wudya charge her?
>
> And don't belittle those old nasty Acrosonics too much - they were among
the
> best of those crappy little pianos - maybe next best to the Yamaha spinet
> (just serviced one today - dog-gone nice little itty-bitty piano).
>
> So now why did mass make a difference down there? I thought mass only
became
> improtant in the high treble?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
> To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 4:13 PM
> Subject: the mass of the brass is a gass
>
>
> >
> > I got to be a junior grade hero the other day. The piano is a poor old
> > funky Acrosonic, and the daughter was being driven crazy by the last
note
> > on the low tenor. It's a wrapped string, but the first half dozen notes
of
> > the low tenor are on a cantilever. That last unison BONGED terribly. I
> told
> > her there likely wasn't much I could do with it, but I'd give it a look
> and
> > see.
> >
> > After the tuning, I experimentally clamped my little Vise-Grip on one of
> > the bridge pins of that last unison and the bong disappeared. The
> > bass/tenor transition was even relatively tolerable. I called in the
> > daughter and had her play across the break, then removed the Vise-Grip
and
> > had her try again. She was really impressed, so we called Mom at work
and
> > got executive authorization for a fix of sorts.
> >
> > For the last couple of years, I've carried about a 70g brass weight with
a
> > screw soldered into it. I use it for the occasional diagnostic test in
> > killer octaves and low tenors. I installed it on the bridge top, since
the
> > cantilever posed some problems to back side installation, floating it
> clear
> > of the bridge pins so it wouldn't buzz. It looks pretty goofy, but it's
> > behind the knee board where it won't typically be seen, and the
difference
> > it made in sound was dramatic. It's still a funky old Acrosonic, but now
> > it's more uniformly funky and a lot easier to listen to.
> >
> > Now I have to make another weight.
> > Ron N
> >
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