My suggestions: Check for a soundboard crack, or loose section of soundboard where it is glued to rim. Order a second replacement string. G --- Alan <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote: > Okay, I need help with a real mystery ... > > Old upright; Newly restrung; new bass bridge cap. > > D2 has a loud buzzing string; sound is clearly > coming from near the top > of the string. > > There is NO mechanical interference with this string > from the damper or > anything else. > > String buzzes whether plucked or hammer-struck. > > The companion string does NOT buzz even when tuned > accurately in the > unison so it's not apparently something vibrating > harmonically. > > I have tightened the pressure bar (yes the bass has > one in this piano) > AND --- ta, daaaaa! I ordered a replacement sting > and installed it, so > it isn't a string-winding problem either! > > I also moved the string slightly on the nickel-steel > V-bar insert to > make sure there wasn't a bad spot. > > As the man said upon hearing weird sounds coming > from his hen house: "I > suspect poultrygeists!" > > Alan R. Barnard > Salem, MO > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.592 / Virus Database: 375 - Release > Date: 2/18/2004 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
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