'D' buzz

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Sat, 08 Feb 2003 08:53:19 -0800


Lance,

I was working on a Laverne (I think) upright the other day that had 
your name or almost stamped between the tenor and bass on a rail.  
Manufacturer, I think?...

David I>

On 8 Feb 2003 at 8:45, Lance Lafargue wrote:

> 
> Hi Avery. It's a good chance thatRH change did it. Referring to my
> post to Bob's pitchraise concerns, humidity here (similar to your
> climate) has gone from 30's RH to 50's RH in the last 2 weeks. The
> wood is slowly swelling. Lance Lafargue, RPT Mandeville, LA New
> Orleans Chapter, PTG lancelafargue@bellsouth.net 985.72P.IANO 
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf
>     Of Avery Todd Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:11 AM To:
>     College and University Technicians Subject: Re: 'D' buzz
> 
>     Thanks Tom & everyone else, 
>     I just took the air-compressor in and blew it out good. Didn't see
>     a thing, though. However, yesterday's buzz is no longer there!
>     Wierd.
> Maybe I just moved whatever it was around enough that it's in a dead
> spot on the board! :-) Anyway, it's gone for now. Hopefully it won't
> come back.
> 
> Thanks everyone. 
> Avery 
> P.S. Tom, I thought only Texas would have beetles THAT big! :-) 
>     The air compressor, or better yet one of those leaf blowers, is a
>     good idea. Certainly easy enough - and you'll probably get some
>     debris out of there regardless of whether you actually cure your
>     buzz. Once the same problem for me turned out to be a large beetle
>     that had died there!
> 
>      - Tom McNeil -
>     Vermont Piano Restorations
> 
>     "To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely
>     mysterious, but the stupid have an answer for every question." -
>     Edward Abbey
> 



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