Unpleasant overtone in plain wire

[Carl Meyer]

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Try pitchlock and call me in the morning.

Carl Meyer PTG assoc
Santa Clara, Ca.
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  From: John Alsina=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 11:08 AM
  Subject: Unpleasant overtone in plain wire


  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 terminations checked.  Nose bolts are tight. =
Hammers are new Steinways.  Hammer voicing reduced the overtone on some =
notes, but not on others.  The piano has very little downbearing in the =
tenor, but pressing upward under the bridge in this area does not affect =
the problem.  Help!
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