Hi Paul, Did all that but no luck. Avery >Check for looseness or play in the pedal props. More often than not, >the source of a buzz isn't where it sounds like it's coming from. Other >places to check...loose screws in the lock bar or the strips on the >under side of the lid > > >Avery Todd wrote: > > >>List, >> >>I have a pretty bad buzz, primarily when F#2 is played firmly (it >doesn't >>have to be pounded), on a 5-6 yr. old D in our large concert hall. It's >>also occasionally there on 2-3 other notes in that same area and I've >>pretty much isolated the sound at the tail end of the piano. It's a buzz >>like a large paper clip or coin, etc. on the board might create; "maybe" >>a loose glue joint type of buzz but the other seems more likely. I've >also >>checked the hinge pins. >> >>I've tightened everything I can and even taken a telescoping magnet >thing >>I have and run it around under the plate in that area and still no luck. >>I'm also thinking about getting an air-compressor in there and seeing if >>I can blow anything out. I've pressed on the board around the rim in >that >>area and also from underneath but nothing seems to stop it. >> >>Short of tilting the piano on its side and seeing if anything will fall >>out, I can't think of anything else to do. It is not a bass string >winding >>type of buzz. >> >>Can anyone suggest anything I've overlooked? I'm getting desperate >enough >>to call one of the Steinway dealer's techs out here! :-) Thanks. >> >>Avery >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > >------------------- >Paul E. Dempsey RPT >Piano Technician >Department of Music >Marshall University >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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