Chris, Considering what I posted a little while ago after using the air-compressor, this sounds like an extremely good possibility! Maybe I moved it around enough that it won't buzz for a while. If it comes back, though......... aaarrgg! :-) Besides the actual type of sound it is, I guess the main reason I'm tending to the "something on the soundboard" thing, is that I don't remember this happening until after a two piano faculty recital where we had to take both lids off. Hmmm. :-) Avery >This reminds me of a buzz I had several years ago on one of our D's. >It took me forever to find it but it did turn out to be a paper >clip. In the extreme tail end of the piano there are spaces under >the bridge where it does not contact the sound board. It was >difficult to access because of plate, strings, etc. but I found the >paper clip between the bridge and the sound board. I had worked >something long and flexible into those spaces and finally pushed the >little guy out. > >The real pain was that the buzz was intermittent depending on the >humidity. I think at times it was wedged in there and other times >it was loose enough to buzz. This buzz wasn't very loud, I never >had a pianist complain but it drove me nuts. > >Chris > > >>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 > >-- >Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. >School of Music, Ohio University >Athens, Ohio 45701 >(740) 593-1656 >fax (740) 593-1429 >purdy@ohiou.edu
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