<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=015345805-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel --</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=015345805-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=015345805-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Nope. Didn't touch the sustain pedal adjustment. The symptoms I was given would usually be symptomatic of either hard dampers or tilted dampers. (But they weren't that way last week.) Once the pedal, or key, is completely released the damping action is sufficient to dampen the strings. The dampers only buzz during initial contact. Gee, this is starting to read like a puzzler. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=015345805-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=015345805-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Geoff Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=015345805-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=015345805-19112006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=015345805-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Marcel Carey<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Pianotech List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE : Sudden damper buzz syndrome<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=437000704-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Geoff,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=437000704-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=437000704-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My first question is: Did you adjust the sustain pedal on your service call? If you did, I suspect that maybe you adjusted it too tight. Maybe the dampers are just supended over the strings a little. This would be my first check.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=437000704-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=437000704-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=437000704-19112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=fr dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la part de</B> Geoff Sykes<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 18 novembre 2006 22:33<BR><B>À :</B> Pianotech@Ptg. Org<BR><B>Objet :</B> Sudden damper buzz syndrome<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875562503-19112006>Greetings all --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875562503-19112006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875562503-19112006>Last week I tuned a customers Kawai grand piano. The customer was out of town so he left me a key to his studio. He returned the other day and while he is happy with the tuning and the other repair work I completed he mentioned that all the wound strings are now exhibiting a buzz when the damper comes into contact with the played string. Once the damper has completely engaged the buzzing stops and the strings damp correctly. He says it is objectionably noticeable only on the entire wound bass string section of the piano. This is not something that I noticed while I was there so I'm curios as to your thoughts on what could have caused this and what I might be able to do to affect a timely fix. FWIW, he lives a couple of miles from the beach but has a DC de-humidifier installed. The piano also lives in a small, relatively well sealed but otherwise non-climate controlled garage studio. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875562503-19112006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875562503-19112006>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875562503-19112006>-- Assoc. Los Angeles.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>