<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> This has worked for me on a newish Baldwin - same model. It was the first 3-4 bass strings on that piano.<br> <br> JF<br> <br> John Ross wrote: <blockquote cite="mid00c101c70380$a3c878b0$9f00a8c0@owner94c158a67" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><strong><font face="Arial">Try an extra half turn on the string, in the direction of the winding.</font></strong></div> <div>John M. Ross<br> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<br> <a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="tubist@swbell.net" href="mailto:tubist@swbell.net">Paul Mulik</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">piano</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:25 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> bass string buzz</div> <div><br> </div> <div><font size="2">I tuned a brand new Hamilton yesterday.  The B0 string had a loud buzz, which sounded like metal vibrating against metal.  I double-checked that there were no foreign objects touching the string or soundboard (front and back), and that the buzz wasn't coming from the trapwork or action.  The noise is definitely originating inside the piano, it's not a sympathetic vibration from some object in the room. </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size="2">I assume the string itself is the problem, but before I contact Baldwin for a replacement, what else should I check?</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size="2">Thanks,</font></div> <div><font size="2">Paul Mulik</font></div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>