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Pianoaccordatore
. . .Sometimes, I say sometimes, some floors with irregular surfaces, not well leveled, create vibrations and sounds accompanied by rattling.
Some retailers suggest putting a nice thick rug under the piano (as if it were easy to slide in!!) with results that are not always excellent.
Has this ever happened to you? How did you solve it?
Regards
Member
Sometimes I happen to hear vibrations and other undefinable but annoying things.
I then remove the objects on the lid, I open it... I can never understand what it depends on.
Then everything goes back to normal. Could it be the fault of the thick 2 cm raw larch plank, not glued, on which the pf rests?
Finding the cause of strange vibrations in a piano is one of the most difficult things; one must proceed by elimination.
It can depend on the environment; keep in mind that part of the sound reaches the ears directly, but to a large extent it bounces off the floor, walls, ceiling, and other objects present in the room.
Or it can depend on the partial detachment of a string, or a slightly loose nut.
In your case Sergio, the raw larch planking can certainly be the cause of strange vibrations. . .
Member
And is it better to remove these insulators?
In my opinion, isolators made of synthetic and unbreakable material would be better.
However, let's also wait for the advice from Pianoexpert . . . .
Moderator
But, there are various types of isolators. In most cases, they serve to distribute a bit of the "point" weight of the wheels, on a carpet, for example, or they serve to block the movement of the instrument. In the case of vibrations, one must see, as Pianoaccordatore well said, where the vibrations are coming from: it is a search requiring patience! One must proceed by exclusion!!! Right. I wouldn't know what else to say. As far as isolators are concerned, I wouldn't use them on the wooden platform which has the merit of receiving and amplifying the sound transmitted by the instrument (including, of course, the unpleasant vibrations that must be eliminated)
Member
Hi guys, I own an upright piano, a Petrof G1; the same thing happened to me, I felt vibrations and couldn't understand the cause, then I discovered it was the screw that was holding the mirror in place.
Administrator
Some vibrations are very difficult to track down. One just needs to arm oneself with great patience and feel all the potential vibrating objects.
