Z!, At 10:25 8/1/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>How are the bridges attached to the soundboard in a Steinway? Glue and >>dowels? Are there any screws carefully hidden from view? > >Check the square buttons on the big dowels underneath the bridge. They >must be there to make noise, since I don't see any other reason for them. >If you can slide a thread between the button and soundboard, wind a glue >soaked thread around the dowel under the button to wedge it solid again. >That's an Ed Foote fix, and a good one if that's what the problem is. Be >sure and use genuine Steinway buzzing button fix thread and glue. > >Ron N Also be sure the buzz isn't the soundboard/rim interface. I thought I had a buzzing bridge on an $&$ "A". Turned out I was pushing down on the bridge just enough to stop the edge buzz... Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Voice-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076(Dept.office)
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