[pianotech] C3

[Michael Magness]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Wesley Hardman
<hardmanwesley84 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Wim,   I mistakenly called the wrong model on the Yamaha grand.  It is a G3
> instead of a C3.  It probably doesn't make any difference.
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> Wesley
>
>   On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:33 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Wes
>>
>> I would recommend a new set of bass strings. You can get them from Yamaha.
>> But a word of caution. Before removing the old one, make sure the new set
>> you get are correct.
>> Not all C3 scales are the same.
>>
>> I had this happen to me about 25 years ago.  A customer's cat did his
>> thing on the bass strings on his new Yamaha. After I get the new strings, I
>> took off the old ones, assuming the news ones were
>> correct. Long story short, it took three more sets before I had the right
>> ones. It took about 6 weeks to get it right. The customer, obviously, was
>> not very happy, and although Yamaha paid for the
>> strings and the installation, admitting the mistake, the customer blamed
>> me.
>> Wim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Wesley Hardman <hardmanwesley84 at gmail.com>
>> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Sun, Aug 21, 2011 11:54 pm
>> Subject: [pianotech] C3
>>
>>  I'm working with a 25 year old Yamaha C3.  The bass strings are
>> terrible; it seems that every other one has some sort of ringing sound that
>> voicing will not get rid of.  Tapping bridge pins, seating strings on
>> bridge, leveling strings, and mating hammers to strings do nothing to
>> eliminate the ringing sounds.
>>
>> Could this problem be eliminated with installing a new set of bass
>> strings?
>>
>> Wesley Hardman
>> Scottsboro, Alabama
>>
>>
>>
>
>

It makes a great deal of difference the G3 & C3 are different scales as well
as models differ in size, many things.

Mike
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Michael Magness
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