Sore Thumb E4

[Bernhard Stopper]

May be a low impedance spot on the soundboard?

regards,

Bernhard Stopper

Willem Blees schrieb:
> Alan
>  
> Try scraping the hammer with your fingernail, and see if it will 
> soften up a bit. If it does, get out you sandpaper paddle, smooth the 
> surface, and then needle the crown.
>
> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> Honolulu, HI
> Author of
> The Business of Piano Tuning
> available from Potter Press
> www.pianotuning.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Barnard <pianotuner at embarqmail.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 4:42 pm
> Subject: Sore Thumb E4
>
> To all with long experience ....
>
> Old Harvard upright. Hammers a little flat from wear, not going to 
> shape them at this time. Piano tuned, Action "basic regulated", i.e., 
> key height, blow, lost motion, let-off, checking, and aftertouch. Play 
> up and down the keys, and E4 is much, MUCH, MUCH louder than it's 
> neighbors on a similar blow. Hammer doesn't look any different than 
> neighbors, strings are not particularly level, but neither are the 
> neighbors.
>
> I didn't think to swap hammers while I was there, but will be 
> returning to work more on this piano.
>
> Whataythinky'all? What am I missing?
>
> Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
>
> P.S. It's not a little louder than other tenor notes it's a LOT 
> louder. Did I mention that?
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