fussy buzzes

[Richard Moody]

OK FOLKS 
	I am putting my foot down, or I am putting my foot in it. 
	My theory is that these "fuzzy buzzes" come from attempts at "leveling
strings". All I ask to begin with is, "have the strings been leveled on
this instrument"  If the answer is "no" please reply. 

Richard W Moody     (the W stands for Wily) 

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> From: Ted Simmons <ted@brevard.net>
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Letter to  PTG Technical Editor (fwd)
> Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 4:31 PM
> 
> Talk about timing!  I just returned from a Steinway tuning and had
> warbles in the upper treble from the 5th octave to C7.  Beyond that was
> O.K.  I guess you could call it a "fuzzy buzz".  Anyhow, I too am
> interested in any comments or suggestions toward explaining this
> phenomenon.
> 
> Ted Simmons
> 
> > Steinway Grand "Fuzzy Buzz"
> > 
> > I regularly service a Steinway B grand, approximately twenty years
old.
> > For many years it has had a problem with a number of notes in the mid
> > treble.   Despite my best attempts to locate the source, I have been
> > unable to locate a faint, "fuzzy buzz" in this region 1-1/2  octaves
> > above middle C.   The instrument has spent its life in an "easy",
> > moderate climate.
> > 
> > Although it sounds like a soundboard related noise, I have set the
> > strings on the bridges, experimented with the string/ capo d astro bar
> > relationship, tried muting duplex string segments, checked action
parts
> > for loose joints and pinning, reshaped hammers, voiced, and listened
> > under the piano and inside it while it was being played.  I have
cleaned
> > underneath the plate, blown out the whole soundboard area with my
vacuum,
> > and checked for obvious soundboard and rib  problems, even for dried
glue
> > remnants on the edges.  I have always been able to find a remedy for
> > other Steinway  treble problems, but not this one.
> > 
> > Has anyone out there had this experience and solved the problem?  Are
> > there any methods for "getting a fix" on the source of elusive
soundboard
> > noises?  My customer is frustrated and so am I!  Thanks for your help!
> > 
> > -Tom Armstrong, RPT
> > Monterey Bay Chapter, California
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