'D' buzz

Avery Todd atodd@UH.EDU
Wed, 05 Feb 2003 11:12:00 -0600


Hi Paul,

Did all that but no luck.

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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>
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>Paul E. Dempsey RPT
>Piano Technician
>Department of Music
>Marshall University
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