Dear List: A couple months ago I queried the list for help in diagnosing an intermittent buzz in a Steinway B. While that piano presently seems to be behaving, I have (occasionally -- over the past 20 years) continued to encounter mystery buzzes in a few other pianos. One smiles with relief upon finding a penny, screw, or shard of glass lying on the soundboard; upon its removal the ugly sounds have disappeared. You're a hero! But when one can find no debris, soundboard cracks, rib seperations, loose screws, rattly lamps, etc. and the ugly sound is still there, one feels incompetent in front of the client, and with yet another anxiety to lose sleep over. Has anyone developed a flow chart approach to this multi-variant problem ("Step A: Look for visible stuff on the soundboard. Step B ... Step Q: Bill the client for the time elapsed, start driving home ((be sure there are some brews in the fridge)) ...")? Does a stethosope help? Frustrated, Patrick Draine
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