Buzzing bass strings

[Zen Reinhardt]

Hi Pat --

Concerning the hitchpins being below the bottom of the piano ... is there
an opening in the floor of the piano that will enable you to get at those
hitchpins from under the piano?  If so, take advantage of it.  A piano that
size is relatively easy to tip over onto its side if you don't have a
tilter with which to tip it onto its back.  Or, you may be able to get away
with propping up the bass end of the piano on a couple of thick phone
books.

Otherwise, you may have to remove some of the trapwork if it is in the way.
 the little bass string twisting device described in other posts is a
wonderful tool, but you do have to have some room inside the piano in which
to use it.  My experience has been that fewer cusswords fly when I've
removed the obstructions than when I'm trying to outsmart the bass string
and the tool around those obstructions.

ZR!  RPT
Ann Arbor  MI
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> From: BILL &PAT HOPKINS <cyberpod@esslink.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Buzzing bass strings
> Date: Monday, October 06, 1997 9:20 PM
> 
> This is regarding a Kimball spinet.
> There are a few bass strings which "buzz".
> I have checked the soundboard, bass bridge apron and so on.
> If the buzzing is from these individual strings I probably need to twist
> them.
> Is there a tool to use for this?
> Also, the hitchpins are "below" the bottom on the piano - will I have to
> remove the pedals to pull these off  the hitch pins?
> One reason why I suspect it is the individual strings is because when I
> loosen the tension on these the buzzing disappears?  Is this true?
> 
> Please respond.
> Thanks, Pat Hopkins