Sounds more like something between the plate and the soundboard. Or at least something against the soundboard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Sprague" <CSPRAGUE4 at woh.rr.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 12:38 AM Subject: Loose Ribs > Hi, all. I was trying to tune a Shoninger spinet tonight (what a horrible > thing), and when I got to C#5, and to a lesser extent, D5, I heard the > weirdest sounds. I knew that the thing had loose ribs, and they were > buzzing most of the way up the piano, but at that point, they began to > buzz > "harmonically". I have never heard this before. > I have attached a recording made on my Dell pocket PC, on which I run > Tunelab. It is a .wav file, and can be opened with Windows Media Player. > I > turned the volume up, and it comes through clearly. And it is different > the > second time I hit C#, from the first time. > Anyone heard this kind of vibe coming from loose ribs before? > Clark A. Sprague, RPT >
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