Buzzing soundboard

[Ed Carwithen]

Thanks for the thought, and I certainly forgive the damn.  I said the same
many times as I crawled all over that .......*&^$#@ piano last week.


Ed Carwithen

At 04:34 PM 11/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>>>Any ideas as to where to go from here???
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>>>Ed Carwithen
>>>John Day, OR
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>i just had a similar problem on a M&H AA i am finishing up.  i would have
>bet money that the buzz was comming from one spot on the soundboard.  after
>banging around for over an hour i finally found out that the sound was
>comming from the sost. mech.  i tightened screws and it was gone.  i can't
>explain why i heard it on the soundboard in that one certain spot.  i guess
>that was the section of the soundboard that "amplified" that particular
>frequency (ooo...there's that word again).
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>first i noticed the buzz when i played g3.  then when i moved the piano to
>get a better look i noticed the same sound buzzing as the casters rolled.
>later i found that i could tap some case parts with a rubber mallet and
>hear the sound again.  i finally found the damn thing on the opposite end
>of the piano i started at.
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>i guess the point of this story is that it could be any screw or glue joint
>anywhere on the piano.  don't get stuck in one spot where you hear the
>noise, keep looking.  what was it sherlock always said, eliminate the
>impossible and whatever is left, no matter how improbable, is the answer.
>or something like that.
>
>sorry i said damn, i got all worked up there.
>
>chris
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>-Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.   School of Music  Ohio University  Athens OH
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>-purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu   (740) 593-1656    fax# (740) 593-1429
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