'D' buzz

Paul E. Dempsey dempsey@Marshall.edu
Wed, 05 Feb 2003 11:27:08 -0500 (EST)


Avery,

Check for looseness or play in the pedal props. More often than not, 
the source of a buzz isn't where it sounds like it's coming from. Other 
places to check...loose screws in the lock bar or the strips on the 
under side of the lid


Avery Todd wrote:


>List,
>
>I have a pretty bad buzz, primarily when F#2 is played firmly (it 
doesn't
>have to be pounded), on a 5-6 yr. old D in our large concert hall. It's
>also occasionally there on 2-3 other notes in that same area and I've
>pretty much isolated the sound at the tail end of the piano. It's a buzz
>like a large paper clip or coin, etc. on the board might create; "maybe"
>a loose glue joint type of buzz but the other seems more likely. I've 
also
>checked the hinge pins.
>
>I've tightened everything I can and even taken a telescoping magnet 
thing
>I have and run it around under the plate in that area and still no luck.
>I'm also thinking about getting an air-compressor in there and seeing if
>I can blow anything out. I've pressed on the board around the rim in 
that
>area and also from underneath but nothing seems to stop it.
>
>Short of tilting the piano on its side and seeing if anything will fall
>out, I can't think of anything else to do. It is not a bass string 
winding
>type of buzz.
>
>Can anyone suggest anything I've overlooked? I'm getting desperate 
enough
>to call one of the Steinway dealer's techs out here! :-) Thanks.
>
>Avery
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Paul E. Dempsey RPT
Piano Technician
Department of Music
Marshall University

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