This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Joseph Alkana RPT ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joseph Alkana=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 7:56 PM Subject: soundboard buttons A new subject I need some advise on, please!=20 Tuned a nine foot Estonia today, it had some noticeable buzzing going = on. I won't pose this as a puzzler as I need some advice on the subject = asap. The cause of the buzzing was broken soundboard buttons. They were = made of some kind of nylon or plastic and all of them had broken in half = thru the screw hole. I took quite a handful of debris from all the = locations and tossed it. Now there are screws standing proud of the = board by a good half-inch.=20 The question: Should I order some buttons and replace, or remove all the = screws as a cosmetic solution. I can detect no change in the tonal = quality of the instrument at this point and I don't have any way to tell = if the bridge/board is compromised in any way. The instrument is about = twelve years old and has had hammers shaped and a fine regulation done = of recent times. Except for a poor feel in the action, which would = benefit mightily with a Stanwood application and a lightening of the = hammers, I don't find the piano in too bad of shape. Yes, the buzzing is = gone. And, yes the Estonia is going to be replace with a Steinway soon. Suggestions please?=20 Joseph Alkana RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a6/fd/94/ab/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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