<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none">I'm with Avery on this... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: Avery <AVERY1@HOUSTON.RR.COM> To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Received: 1/16/2007 11:53:38 AM Subject: Re: mystery buzz Jason, Something that made my ears "perk up" was the comment about "off-color" side tone. Besides the obvious things you'll check, I'd also check the string level/hammer mating thing. A bad one can cause a lot of "off-color" tones! :-) Besides, it's a Baldwin! :-D Of course, it might also be an agraffe noise. Avery At 10:55 AM 1/16/2007, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Group - I have been asked to travel a couple of hours to fix a mystery noise. To save time I asked the owner for as complete a description as possible. Here's the response: <DL> <DD>I have a Baldwin grand that has had a buzzing key since I <DD>bought it about a year ago... <DD>It's the B right below middle C. Been there since new.  I'ts not a <DD>buzzing exactly, but an "off-color" side tone.  The other tuner has <DD>worked on it 4 or 5 times, and replaced the string, with no help. Of <DD>interest is the fact that I can also hear it on adjacent keys (but to <DD>a MUCH lesser extent, almost inaudible).  I can't find anything loose <DD>that might be vibrating.  It's such a commonly used key that it's <DD>quite annoying. I notice it even when playing chords. </DD></DL>What do you folks suspect, given this description? What else should I ask to get a better premonition?   Thanks in advance Jason -- =cell 425 830 1561= </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>