Hey David, #1 loose bridge pin? tuning hammer to take the string off if you preferred to do so, regular sledge hammer for the big thing you put on the bridge pin so you wouldn´t destroy it. #2 loose wrapping at the end, jumping up and down the string and buzzing, spinning like crazy? said tuning hammer something to cut the loose piece of wrapping something to press the end together again Kristinn Leifsson, Reykjavík, Iceland At 12:55 25.5.2000 -0500, you wrote: >I thought Jim's "Midnight Puzzler" was very good! Here is another piano >puzzler to ponder. > >Piano - 1 year old Chickering grand, last tuned several months ago, >recently moved to new home with high humidity > >Problem - loud buzz on only one bass string. The note is in the low tenor, >2 or 3 notes above the Bass/Tenor break. The right string of the pair had >a loud buzzing sound. > >It took about 20 minutes to find the cause of the buzz, and less than 5 >minutes to correct the problem. > >You get a Virtual Star if you correctly identify the problem and solution. > >You get another Virtual Star if you identify which 3 tools I used for the >repair. > >Have fun! > >David Vanderhoofven >Registered Piano Technician >Joplin, MO > >
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