<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type= content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;= BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV align=left>Check the level of the strings to the= hammer...</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: <<A= href="mailto:Piannerman@aol.com">Piannerman@aol.com</A>><BR>T= o: <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec= eived: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:10:39 EDT<BR>Subject: Dang buzzy= string</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>Dear People,</DIV> <DIV>     I have this piano at a church, its= a Kawai grand, 20 yrs. old, about 6.5'.  It has a note in= the midrange that has a barely audible buzzing.  I whacked= (lightly) the bridge pin(s) with a hammer (a small one) and the= buzzing stopped.  But it came back in a day or two.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>     Do you think this is a loose bridge= pin?  Is the fix to get a bigger hammer?  I can go up= to a 9 lb. sledge.  Or do I need to pull the pins out and= epoxy back in?  Any chance it could be something other than= a pin?  Like the bridge itself is loose?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>     As always,  I appreciate very= much any constructive comments.  Thanks in advance.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Charles Cron</DIV> <DIV>Nashville Associate</DIV></BODY></HTML>