What's da Buzz??

[Ricard de La Rosa]

The usual culprits, first:

1.)  Locks and mechanisms
2.) Hinge pins
3.) Anything floating on the soundboard
4.) Anything loose on the plate
5.) Anything loose in the action
6.) Anything as small as a voicing needle on the soudboard
7.) Lid (closer) locator guides and assemblies
8.) All screws under the keybed section of the piano
9.) Aanything which happens to be lying atop "the apron" of the under piano
10.) If dual type casters, one caster not firmly at rest on the floor will
sometimes make a noise
11.)  Inside the legs, where caster stems stick up into the leg (if large and
heavy) they
        sometimes clunk  and make noises
12.) Key up stop rail nuts (if finger tight only, a problem can quickly
arise)
13.) Older sostenuto mechanism nuts and bolts and other "metal to metal"
miscreants
14.) The rest of the universe within earshot of you and the piano

Ricard de La Rosa




Larry Fisher wrote:

> HI all,
>
> Kdon, your msgs look alot cleaner ......  no extra trimmings.  Nice move.
>
> Kawai RX2
>
> Nice piano.  Buzzes on certain notes.  Last time I was there, I wedged a
> hammer shank dowel in between the stretcher and the pin block from
> underneath to cure the problem.  It's back and she's pissed.  Any
> experiences out there on this particular one??  I'll take along a larger
> dowel and a bigger hammer, but it sure would be nice to actually find the
> culprit rather than simply put it on drugs.
>
> Lar
>
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