<html> <body> Try tightening all screws, including the ones underneath securing the bridge. Andrew At 02:03 PM 9/2/2005, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hello everyone.  I’m new on this list.  Hopefully some of you can offer some advice about this…I’ve only been tuning for about 2 ½ years and I’m trying to learn to do small repairs as I come across them.  This is something I don’t know how to fix, and I’d rather ask than cause damage by trying something that might be bad for the piano.   A piano I tuned today is buzzing around the middle of the soundboard in the bass section.  It buzzes loudest when I play C#3 and buzzes a little on a couple of other notes.  I looked and can’t find any cracks in the soundboard, but it sounds like wood on wood.  The buzz stops completely when I apply pressure to the top of the soundboard and also if I push up on the ribs in that area.  The client just bought this piano brand new about three weeks ago.  The brand is River.  It’s under warranty, and I’m wondering whether he should just send it back and get another one.   I felt bad having to tell the client that his brand new piano is buzzing, and I wish there was something I could do to fix it.  Would some sort of really thin shims work?  How about just trying to get some glue above the ribs in that area?  Any advice you can give me would be appreciated.   Take care, Brandon Robertson</blockquote></body> </html>