<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>On my new (old) Steinway M = (1922 just refurbished) there is an odd thing happening.  C4 and C5 have a = sound that starts just a nanosecond after you strike the note and lasts for no more = than a second.  It sounds just like a kazoo!  It doesn't change in amplitude.  If you play too loud you cover it up but it is still there.  I've felt all around, I've fondled dampers, pins, strings, = bridge pins, duplex scales, you name it.  To make it more strange, it is intermittent.  I usually comes in after a few minutes of playing = and more at night!?!  It doesn't matter if the lid is up or down.  I've = checked hardware on the lid.  I banged all of the strings down at the = bridge, nothing helps.   This weak sound seems to be coming from under = or behind the music desk, right in between C4 and C5.  I got it to do = it with F2 once but just now when I tried it, nothing.  Only those two = notes.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>Could it be agraffs?  = The plate was recently repainted.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>Ideas?  Hey, maybe = this could make the PTG "puzzler" of the month!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" = size=3>Glenn.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>