>Has anyone else found strings to buzz at the agraffe? I have a piano that >seems to. I can usually stop the buzz by raising and lowering the pitch, >thereby moving the string back and forth through the agraffe. These strings >also pop loose at the agraffe during tuning. It doesn't seem to matter how >long it has been since the previous tuning, they still pop during tuning. >Has anyone tried clp or something else there with success. Also there are a >few pianos that don't render well. That is, the friction at the capo bar is >such that when you pull a string up, it continues to raise with firm blows, >and vice versa. Any cure for this? > >Thanks to all. > >Ray T. Bentley, RPT >Lewis and Clark Community College >Godfrey, IL The Baldwin SD-6 is infamous for this. Ours had a lot of buzzing going on. I could put my finger on the non-speaking length between the agraff and pin and it would go away but then the string would sound really dead. I thought it was interesting but was never sure just why it did it. I restrung that old bird a few years ago and it doesn't do it now. I had thought it was a quirk with the scale but since restringing cured it I am leaning more toward flat strings in the graff. As for friction, my friend Sandy West has an interesting story about that. I will forward this to her and see what she thinks. 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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