Hello belly folks out there. I serviced a piano today (new customer) for some local folks that recently inherited a small cheap 1920s grand from grandma. The piano appears to have been refurbished a few years ago. It functions OK, new strings, looks good, etc. One note in the treble has a nasty buzz. I believe I have narrowed down the possible causes to only one. The bridge pins are misaligned, such that the three strings of the note touch the bridge pins, but do not bend AT ALL as they pass the bridge pins, i.e. the string goes straight over the bridge - no zig-zag whatsoever. I can pretty clearly see that I could remove the strings, plug the holes with shoe pegs or epoxy, and redrill new holes and install new bridge pins. Perhaps that is in fact what I will do. BUT - does anyone have any slick procedures for curing a problem like this - the objective here is to eliminate the buzz - we are not perfecting a 10' Fazioli here. The bridge appears in very good condition. No cracks at all adjacent to the bridge pins. It appears quite clear that these pins were installed that way as clearly no pin movement has taken place. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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