Hey Horace, I think you're really onto something there. Now if Steinway had only installed their teflon bushings into plastic action parts, rather than wood ones... By the way, Andre Bolduc, IIRC, recommends turning the soundboard button's grain perpendicular to that of the soundboard, and gluing the button on. (At least that was what I remember from his S/B installation video.) Harder to do with plastic buttons, tho. (Just can't seem to find the grain direction...) ;-) ~Kendall Ross Bean, PianoFinders -----Original Message----- From: Horace Greeley [mailto:hgreeley at sonic.net] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:39 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Kawai GE3 mystery buzz solved Hi, Don! ...Obviously, the answer is to use a plastic soundboard.... Cheers! Horace ------Original Message------ From: Don Mannino Sender: caut-bounces at ptg.org To: caut at ptg.org ReplyTo: caut at ptg.org Sent: Feb 26, 2009 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Kawai GE3 mystery buzz solved Good news! The plastic is not done because it is cheaper, it is done because it does not swell and shrink, so it is less likely to become loose in dry climates. Ironic, isn't it?? The soundboard still shrinks under it, unfortunately . . . Don Mannino -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Adkins Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:14 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Kawai GE3 mystery buzz solved Hi everyone, Thanks for all your help. I had tried most everything,but Don Manino's tip about the plastic soundboard buttons was the correct answer in this case. It is so far up under there you wouldn't know it was there. I was able to get my finger on it, and then test the note reaching under the piano and around the keyboard....and Viola....! that was the culprit. I'll need to get a long right angle Philips to get to it, I think. The one I have is only 3". There is another plastic button in the tenor area...I think maybe I should treat it to some CA glue, too while I'm at it. I wonder if our RX3 has these plastic buttons. You'd think wood buttons would be cheap enough but I guess not, huh? I've never had a button do this to me before, and that is why I was baffled. It sounded like it was coming from the capo bar, really, or on top of the soundboard. Kind of an eyeopener. I confess I've not really looked under a GE3 that closely. So it was a good exercise. The profs will be overjoyed....yeaaaay..... I once had a Weber/Young Chang soundboard buzz...turned out to be glue squeeze-out. Whoduhthunk it! Thanks again everyone! Richard Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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