<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A new subject I need some advise on, = please! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuned a nine foot Estonia today, it had = some noticeable buzzing going on. I won't pose this as a puzzler as I need = some advice on the subject asap. The cause of the buzzing was broken = soundboard buttons. They were made of some kind of nylon or plastic and all of them = had broken in half thru the screw hole. I took quite a handful of debris = from all the locations and tossed it. Now there are screws standing proud of the = board by a good half-inch. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The question: Should I order some = buttons and replace, or remove all the screws as a cosmetic solution. I can detect = no change in the tonal quality of the instrument at this point and I don't = have any way to tell if the bridge/board is compromised in any way. The = instrument is about twelve years old and has had hammers shaped and a fine regulation = done of recent times. Except for a poor feel in the action, which would benefit = mightily with a Stanwood application and a lightening of the hammers, I don't = find the piano in too bad of shape. Yes, the buzzing is gone. And, yes the = Estonia is going to be replace with a Steinway soon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Suggestions please?</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joseph Alkana = RPT</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>