"Wild Strings"

[Mike McCoy]

Thanks Ed,

This was in your typical carpeted living room, no marble or fans. I'm 
pretty confident in this case it's the piano.

Mike

ed440 at mindspring.com wrote:
> Ceiling fans, marble stairs, hard backed pews, arched plaster ceilings, plate glass windows.  Clap, and if the room claps back you know where the beats are coming from.
> Ed Sutton
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> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: Paul McCloud <service at pianosd.com>
>> Sent: Nov 22, 2006 5:33 PM
>> To: mjmccoy at usa.com, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Subject: Re: "Wild Strings"
>>
>> Hi, Mike:
>>    To quote a past President, "I feel your pain!".
>>    Are you sure there weren't any ceiling fans on?  They'll  mess you up if 
>> you're not aware of them.  Just a thought...
>>    Paul  McCloud
>>    San Diego
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike McCoy" <mjmccoy at usa.com>
>> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:31 PM
>> Subject: "Wild Strings"
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have been meaning to write about this for some time and a piano today 
>>> finally put me over the edge. I don't know if my hearing and/or listening 
>>> skills are improving or if I am having a real bad run of pianos with "wild 
>>> strings", or "false beats" if you prefer that term. I hate leaving pianos 
>>> in that condition but just how much time can you spend trying to resolve 
>>> these beats and still make the next appointment and be profitable?
>>>
>>> Today's issue was a couple year old Schirmer & Sons upright, very nice 
>>> looking piano, decent Detoa action, agraffes bottom to top, decent tone, 
>>> GREAT feel to the block, but, EVERY single string had it's own beats. I 
>>> had no choice but to pull the action and try to resolve this. Seated all 
>>> strings, but the majority seemed to be well seated, no loose bridge pins, 
>>> nothing obvious. Pushing on bridge pins with a screwdriver had no effect. 
>>> Massaged the worst offenders but really, nothing worked well. At this 
>>> point I'm assuming poor bridge notching ( I can't see as well as I used 
>>> to). Anyway, finally had to tune the damn thing and move on but I wasn't 
>>> happy. This one is probably a good candidate for Pitchlok.
>>>
>>> Do you folks tend to tune these "wild" pianos as best you can and move 
>>> forward or do you spend some time?
>>>
>>> Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving!
>>>
>>> Mike McCoy
>>>
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