'D' buzz

[Avery Todd]

Chris,

Considering what I posted a little while ago after using the
air-compressor, this sounds like an extremely good possibility!
Maybe I moved it around enough that it won't buzz for a while.
If it comes back, though......... aaarrgg! :-)

Besides the actual type of sound it is, I guess the main reason
I'm tending to the "something on the soundboard" thing, is that
I don't remember this happening until after a two piano faculty
recital where we had to take both lids off. Hmmm. :-)

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
>
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