---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Sounds to me like the capo bar isnt dressed well enough. Have you tried sliding the strings back and forth laterally on the capo to see if this helps at all ? Have you also tried lifting up on all the strings while leveling them ? Take a mirror and a flashlight and inspect the V termination. New or not... if it needs dressing it needs dressing. Cheers RicB Lance Lafargue wrote: > I have always struggled with the capo buzz in many pianos. Young > Chang/Prambergers I’ve never succeeded with, Steinways, I usually can > do it.I have discussed this many times with many techs.I am exhausted > after a 14 hour day with three B’s one of which is still giving me > fits. It is a new Steinway B, prepped by a large reputable dealer.The > piano was/is nice.But it was a little bright after some play and I > went in, pitch raised it, stopped sympathetic aliquot ringing, leveled > strings with my Mother Goose leveling tool, fit hammers to strings, > worked on damper bleeding, etc.There were several hammers, especially > the first C at the V bar that had a buzzing quality.I sugar > coated/voiced, 3/8” needled the shoulders, evened everything out, got > it acceptable, and the buzzing returned, a bit.Enough to bug the > customer. > > After more sugar coating (shallow needling at crown) and more 3/8” > inch needles just off of the string marks (both straight down and in > at an angle), I am at the point where I am killing the bell quality > and volume to extinguish the metallic buzzes. I believe these hammers > were hardened with lacquer, not key top solution.Tapping strings onto > bridges, done, seating strings at every termination point, done. This > exists to some extent throughout the V bar area.This is the buzzing > that goes away when you put your finger on the front duplex > section. Just hoping I may hear something new (hoping not to hear a > buzz). I appreciate any new suggestions, I am so worn out! > > Lance Lafargue, RPT > > LAFARGUE PIANOS > > New Orleans Chapter, PTG > > 985.72P.IANO > > lancelafargue@bellsouth.net > -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/8c/72/11/ce/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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