Avery, This reminds me of a buzz I had several years ago on one of our D's. It took me forever to find it but it did turn out to be a paper clip. In the extreme tail end of the piano there are spaces under the bridge where it does not contact the sound board. It was difficult to access because of plate, strings, etc. but I found the paper clip between the bridge and the sound board. I had worked something long and flexible into those spaces and finally pushed the little guy out. The real pain was that the buzz was intermittent depending on the humidity. I think at times it was wedged in there and other times it was loose enough to buzz. This buzz wasn't very loud, I never had a pianist complain but it drove me nuts. Chris >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 >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. School of Music, Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701 (740) 593-1656 fax (740) 593-1429 purdy@ohiou.edu
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