Thanks Ed, I was thinking about doing the ca glue , but didn't want to unless really necessary. -------------- Original message from A440A at aol.com: -------------- > > << Steinway "B" 70's with loud buzing hinges when lid is on the short stick. > I've had this happen on Yamahas , and raising and then lowering the lid > always cures it. Not so in this case. > Hinge pins are not loose, and all screws are tight. >> > > Greetings, > I have had several pianos do this, and it is always a loose front hinge > rod rattling in the tubes. I just hit them with a hammer along several places. > The slight distortion of the hinge is invisible, and it traps the rod. I use > a hardwood block so the hammer head doesn't nick the hinge. (or you can try > wicking some CA glue in there to block it up.) > Regards, > > > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > ************** New year...new news. Be the first to know > what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090106/7de129a2/attachment.html>
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