Bill, Joe, Ron, Roger, Del, Jon, and anyone I am forgetting :) Just thought I'd close this off by saying the problem is solved. As it turned out all that I had to do was to tightened the two screws that fasten this thing to the plate. I had to tune the instrument today, so I took along a very hefty screwdriver and it was easy enough to put a half turn on both screws. The rattle when knocking the side of the tension bar dissapeared, replaced by a nice sounding resonance. There was no longer even the slightest hint of the buzz that intermitantly had been most annoying. And interestingly enough it seemed actually as if the tone in the immediate area got a bit clearer. Could be my imagination, or simply the result of that extra and undesirable sound component eliminated... but still. As for backing off that plate to rim coupling bolt. I decided to throw that one back in the hands of the fellow who tightened it in the first place, and refered the customer back to Steinway Service in that regard. Thanks for the info and words of advice one and all. Turned out easy. Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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