Greetings, List. I'm stumped. The piano is about 12 years old and in good shape except that C#5 and a few surrounding notes create a strong buzz which I located in the top end of the bass bridge. My early suspicions were loose screw/button on back of soundboard and/or loose bridge/apron glue joint on front of soundboard. Later thoughts include delamination of plies in soundboard near end of bridge. The buzzing stops if I apply pressure to the bridge, the tiny overhang of apron sticking out beyond the end of the top end of the bridge, or to the soundboard area just above the bridge. My repair attempts were to tighten screw on the back of the soundboard attaching the bridge (had to drill through back post to get to it) and work CA glue into bridge/apron/soundboard joints on the front. None of this worked. I did my usual seating of strings and bridge pins with no noticeable improvement. Any thoughts/ideas/suggestions? This piano is played a lot by an accomplished church musician and the buzzing has got to go. Thanks to all for any help. Stuart Davidson South Dakota, USA
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