Try shifting the strike point a little? Contact Abel and ask their advice. ES ----- Original Message ----- From: stephan van meirhaeghe To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:13 PM Subject: Pleyel tone problem Hi all, Finished restoring a 'Pleyel' grand from 1870. Did new restringing with new scaling, used Pure Sound. New 'Abel' refelted hamers in Germany (first time with Abel hamers), Dry out cracks and shimming.Complete regulation. Before I will start with the pre-needling of the hamers I have a question. In the middle part of the discant section there are two notes who has a very jerky sound. Difficult to explain but it is like the notes have zero power in it, a really poor sound like there isn't any contact with the soundboard. The soundboard is ok, contact with bridge ok. When I pluck the strings of these notes I hear no difference with the other notes. It has to come from the hamers. I know of course the voicing will help it but the difference with the rest of the piano is too big . So because I never had this before I would like to know if anybody have similiar experiences with these 'Abel' hamers. I asked medium hardness felt. Thanks, Stephan Van Meirhaeghe -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081024/1ef81551/attachment.html
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