> From: A440A@aol.com > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:27:20 -0400 (EDT) > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Re: Foote Rattlers > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org Ed, I don't suppose the bass bridge is touching the plate? I had a piano with such a noise found that to be the problem. A little trimming and away we go... David ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA > Greetings all, > I appreciate all the suggestions that the noise is some foreign object > on the board, however, I don't think that is the case. > Not only have I used air and mirrors and cleaning rods, etc., also, this > piano was turned on its side about a month ago. This noise is audible when > gently pulling or pushing on the ribs below the bass bridge, i.e., nothing I > know of that would activate an object on the board. With just a slight push > or pull, it sounds like a half-broken matchstick being twisted. It has the > sounds of splintered wood. > This morning, in desperation, I pushed two small wedges into the cutout > where the bridge makes the bend to the bass. The noise stopped, but for how > long I cannot guess. > We'll see. > Thanks, > Ed Foote > >
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