> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment >> Original message >> From: "John Alsina" >> To: pianotech@ptg.org >> Received: 11/7/2005 11:08:00 AM >> Subject: Unpleasant overtone in plain wire >>=20 >> I am working on a 1928 Steinway M that has loud unpleasant overtones in = notes >> E3 to B3. The overtone sounds like an out of tune cymbal or bell about a >> seventh above the fundamental. It can first be heard immediately after >> initial impact, and has a long decay. It is not a sympathetic vibration= from >> elsewhere in the piano. It occurs whether the string is struck with the >> hammer or plucked. The strings have been replaced, leveled, and termina= tions >> checked. Nose bolts are tight. Hammers are new Steinways. Hammer voici= ng >> reduced the overtone on some notes, but not on others. The piano has ve= ry >> little downbearing in the tenor, but pressing upward under the bridge in= this >> area does not affect the problem. Help! Try looking around REAL carefully under the plate; sounds like something=B9s laying on or touching the soundboard in some way..... David=20 Andersen ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5a/7a/77/fb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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