'D' buzz

[Greg Newell]

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Avery,
         I would check first the nose bolts and then the soundboard to rim 
glue joint. I would also go at it with a small dental type mirror and small 
flashlight. You can see for sure this way if anything is under the plate or 
not. It takes a bit of patience to get the angle of the flashlight and 
mirror correct but it can be done and let you "see it all". Hope this helps.

Greg Newell



At 11:11 AM 2/5/2003, you 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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Greg Newell
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