Lance, I'm wondering if this is the capo bar that is causing this voicing situation. I have several Baldwins from the 70's and they all develop metalic buzzing - particularly in the capo bar area. It is a distorted sound and sometimes becomes a very obnoxious metalic rattle. Usually I find one string that has a more prominent buzz and work on it first. To solve the problem temporarily we have simply moved the string back and forth across the capo. Insert a screwdriver between the strings near the capo to move it around. You will hear the string snapping into the grooves created by the string on the capo. Move the string back and forth several times until the burr gets smoothed out. Sometimes it comes back and sometimes not. Worth a try . Joel >2.)Particularly on Baldwins from the 70's I find lots of string voicing >problems i.e., buzzes, twangs, metallic sounding distortion, etc. These >pianos have the accu-just hitch pins. > ! There >is particularly a metallic buzz from the tenor break - up. Sounds like a >tiny piece of metal is touching the strings!! What am I not seeing? What >pattern have you seen with these?? Maybe I just need to perfect my above >listed techniques. What should I try first and when should I try it?? > >I KNOW someone out there can help!!!!!!!!!! (please) >Thanks in advance. > > >Lance Lafargue, RPT >New Orleans Chapter >Covington, LA. >lafargue@iamerica.net Keep In Tune Joel A. Jones jajones2@facstaff.wisc.edu UW-Madison http://uwpianos.music.wisc.edu/ 1501 Humanities 455 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706
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