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<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>Okay, I need =
help with a
real mystery ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>Old upright;
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>Newly =
restrung;
new bass bridge cap.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>D2 has a loud =
buzzing
string; sound is clearly coming from near the top of the
string.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>There is NO =
mechanical
interference with this string from the damper or anything
else.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>String buzzes =
whether
plucked or hammer-struck.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>The companion =
string
does NOT buzz even when tuned accurately in the unison =
so it's
not apparently something vibrating harmonically.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>I have =
tightened the
pressure bar (yes the bass has one in this piano) AND --- ta, daaaaa! I =
ordered
a replacement sting and installed it, so it isn't a string-winding =
problem
either!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>I also moved =
the string
slightly on the nickel-steel V-bar insert to make sure there wasn't a =
bad
spot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT face=Arial>As the man said =
upon
hearing weird sounds coming from his hen house: "I suspect
poultrygeists!"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218150420-27022004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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