Baldwin L Buzz

[John Musselwhite]

At 12:42 PM 1/18/02 -0500, Tommy wrote:

>the ribs unglued but the board not cracked. Oh...I'm glad it is you looking
>for this buzz and not me. Solving buzzing problems in most cases is most
>distressing.

Once again I'll put in a plug for my favourite stress-reliever for finding 
noises in a piano... a cheap mechanic's stethoscope with a removable long 
probe on the end. They're available at car-parts stores for about $10 or on 
the WWW for half that. By placing the probe on various parts of the piano 
you'll soon be able to pinpoint the exact location of any noise and thus 
help reduce your stress level in minutes. Be sure to put a small piece of 
masking or electrical tape on the end of the probe so it doesn't scratch 
the piano.

Now if someone could come up with a device that will play the offending 
note repeatedly so you don't have to play Twister hitting the key on a 
grand and manipulating the probe when there's no one else around we'd have 
it made!

While we're talking about buzzes there's one that we sometimes cause simply 
by the placement of tools on the instruments upon which we're working. To 
solve that problem and perhaps many others we run into there's an 
interesting product sold for a few dollars under various names that is 
marketed to line drawers and shelves in recreational vehicles. It's a 
rubberized woven product that comes in 12x1 foot rolls in various colours 
and you can cut off as much or as little as you need. I've also used it 
under carpet runners, between mattresses and box springs so they don't 
slide around and even between stored dishes so they don't rattle. If you 
use an ETD put a piece under it and it'll help prevent it from moving from 
where you put it. Use a piece large enough to place your tools on as you 
remove them from the case to protect a table or hardwood floor, and have 
another one handy for the piano. You'll find many uses for it and your 
customers will appreciate the extra care you're taking with their home and 
their instrument.

Regards...

                 John