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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875562503-19112006>Greetings all
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<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>
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<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
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