Lunchtime Puzzler

Christopher D. Purdy purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
Thu, 25 May 2000 14:33:10 -0400


>
>Problem - loud buzz on only one bass string.  The note is in the low tenor,
>2 or 3 notes above the Bass/Tenor break.  The right string of the pair had
>a loud buzzing sound.

The most obvious would be the damper wire too close to the string.

If it was just moved, maybe something is on the bridge at the termination
point.

High hudidity may have caused the bass bridge to come into contact with the
string at the notch if it was not notched correctly?

chris

-Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.   School of Music  Ohio University  Athens OH

-purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu   (740) 593-1656    fax# (740) 593-1429




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