Baked piano

[Jon Page]

My first impression would lead me to look at corrosion at the v-bar or
agraffes, condensation may be the culprit being outside.
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At 11:52 AM 11/8/96 -0700, you wrote:
>One of the Universities I tune for loaned out a Yamaha C7 for an outdoor
>concert, high noon, on a hot sunny day. The piano was not covered, no
>canapy--nothing. Probably set there for 3-4 hours. Last week I tuned the
>same piano for an indoor concert. Many of the strings (both bass and
>treble) have a slight "buzz" to the tone. Any experience with what's
>happened. This is a metalic buzz -- not like a soundboard buzz. I
>re-seated the strings, no change. Should I suspect the agraffes, the wire
>itself, the bridge pins--or the hammers? It was a nice performance piano.
>Any experience?
>
>Bob Simmons, RPT
>
>

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Jon Page
Cape Cod. Mass
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