[CAUT] Steinway D cross strut buzz

[Fred Sturm]

Yep. No problem. And if it's buzzing, that's a pretty good sign that it
isn't wedged tight. I've removed them from time to time for one purpose or
other with no ill effect. I doubt very much that anything bad would happen
if you left it out permanently, except perhaps in the course of moving the
piano (putting it on its side). That's just a reasonable guess, of course.
    Another option, though, would be to apply linseed oil to the crack.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico


On 8/30/06 1:18 PM, "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek at broadpark.no> wrote:

> Hi folks.
> 
> We have a troublesome Steinway D which develops from time to time a very
> annoying, for not to say downright obnoxious, buzz that activates when
> one play C6 loudly. Thats the only note that will get it going... but
> boy does it ever.  I have isolated the problem to the cross strut where
> it screws into the middle cast strut. (farthest distal) I've been able
> to tighten this before and alleviate the problem but this time around I
> actually had to loosen the screw just a tad.  I have no doubt that in
> some period of time things will settle in again and the buzz will return.
> 
> I am 99.8276 % sure that if I was to put a small piece of thin bushing
> cloth between the cross strut flanges and their counterparts on the cast
> plate that the problem would go away once and for all.
> 
> My question is... dare I remove the cross strut even for a short time to
> do this ??
> 
> Thanks for any input
> 
> RicB
> 
>