Hi Marcel. I wouldnt advise the sideways motion trick. You <<smear>> the groove edges around really and dont really address the problem. Rather... first try a bit of string lifting for and aft of the capo. Mild string lifting mind you. If that doesnt work... then loosen one side of unison pair and pull up on the other.... effectively changing the spot on the string that contacts the capo. And if that doesnt work... and the noise is bad enough to bother with, let down tension on the unison and file the profile for that individual unison to 0.5 mm wide V shape. Stay away from the contact surface... except to very lightly sand...or perhaps better said "polish" a bit if you feel you absolutely have to. A real quick fix is a drop of CA at the back side of the capo or a kink in the wire... depending on what the problem is. If you need to detune the duplex.. a kink in the wire can help. Ed Foote has some good advice on this line I believe. Capo buzz can be temporarily addressed with CA. And in both cases you can always simply braid the affected front lengths with some yarn. Cheers RicB OK guys, This is mostly something that should be looked at and taken care of with restringing. Now, what do you do when the buzzing is getting in the way of a clean good sound and you're just there for the tuning. Have any of you found reasonable fix for this buzzing? My first tentative is to move the string side to side on the capo and sometimes on the front duplex as well. If no change happens (which is rare) or the change is not enough, I now try the "pitch lock" on 2 of the 3 strings (I try to find which one is the worst to start with). Now, if this doesn't work AND the piano is NOT in a concert hall, I will on occasion mute the whole thing. For concert hall pianos, I will mute the whole front duplex (temperament felt)if it disturbs my tuning and then I will remove my mute. Any other ideas ??? Marcel Carey, RPT
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