bass strings

[Phillip Ford]

>Recently tuned a console model piano with very " buzzy bass " strings.
>Looking it over,
>I noticed that something like coke was obviously sprayed everywhere ,
>including
>the hammers, dampers, and strings.  Piano is in a church auditorium
>setting where
>young people gather to play basketball, lunch, and study. The buzz is
>very metalic,
>like the windings are loose.  Tried to twist a couple with no success.
>....
>
>Carl / Winnipeg

Before replacing the strings I would make sure that the buzz is coming from 
the strings.  You said stuff had gotten on the dampers as well.  Some of 
the dampers may have gotten hard as a result and are causing a buzz upon 
their return to the string.  Does it buzz when the key is held down and the 
note is sounding, or when the key is released?

Phil Ford