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<DIV>David:</DIV>
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<DIV>No other source. The instances in which I found this, the screws were at best finger tight, and when I put my finger on them, the buzzing stopped. When I removed them before plugging the hole, the buzzing stopped. When I plugged the holes, the buzzed remained stopped and didn't return. </DIV>
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<DIV>Paul </DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 08/06/07 00:17:15 Central Daylight Time, davidlovepianos@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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I have to agree with Ron here, I've never heard a buzzing screw in this <BR>situation and considering the number of pianos that screw the soundboard to <BR>the ribs as a production procedure (Bechstein for example) where there is no <BR>evidence of buzzing it seems like their must be some other source in those <BR>situations. <BR><BR>David Love <BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net <BR>www.davidlovepianos.com <BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf <BR>Of Ron Nossaman <BR>Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 8:35 PM <BR>To: Pianotech List <BR>Subject: Re: glue on the fingers <BR><BR><BR>> Wow! It never occurred to me that this "finishing" a job was screwing <BR>> the customer. All of 20 minutes to do the plugging and clean-up. I have <BR>> had the experience of going in behind other technicians on this type of <BR>> repair and finding the most godawful mess, and because the client called <BR>> me about continued buzzing in the board, which was caused by the screw <BR>> in the rib which, when I removed it and plugged the hole in the rib, the <BR>> noise went away. I can't recall that I fractionalized out the cost of <BR>> the final steps as "additional", but simply costed the whole job. It's <BR>> negligible, whatever it is. We all go to sleep at night in a different <BR>> position :-). <BR>> <BR>> Paul <BR><BR>As far as I know, I've never left a godawful mess doing this <BR>repair, nor have I ever, that's *EVER* known first hand of a <BR>screw buzzing in this situation. If I had, I'd likely have a <BR>different opinion. So for me, the job is finished when the <BR>screw is tight and the squeeze out is mopped up. I may yet get <BR>a call any minute now about a buzzing screw from that last job <BR>I did, but it's pretty quiet so far. <BR><BR>Ron N <BR><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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