Too brilliant ?

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What is likely to be the cause of certain notes beginning to stand out as overly bright, ringing and metallic ? Heavy use ? Temperature ? At the moment it just lends a bit of character, but I am not sure I want it to go on indefinitely or spread to other notes. I mentioned it to my tuner last year and he said he couldn't do much about it, but I am wondering if this is really correct, or if the solution is practical but just difficult. The piano is a 1971 Weinbach, rebuilt in 2005. I give my piano a hell of a thrashing but from a tuning aspect it is exceptionally stable. So what is the story with this metallic ringing in two or three notes ? It isn't my ear and it isn't, as far as I can tell, a resonant frequency outside the piano itself.

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If your tuner can't voice those hammers down/make it more mellow, then someone else should be able to.  It used to be part of a tuning once upon a time. Today some tuners make a big deal out of it. it's one thing if the whole piano needed voicing , it's another if it's just a few notes. Granted you do need to know what you are doing ( basically you voice off the shoulders of the hammers not on the face other than a quick sanding). If your tuner doesn't know what he is doing then get another tuner.

[ted]

Okay, thanks for that.