<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> What do we have here... a buzz, a thunk, a boing, or a Whhapp ?... perhaps some other sound ? Could you be a bit more descriptive ? <p>RicB <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <blockquote dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:ssclabr8@flash.net" title="ssclabr8@flash.net">SUSAN P SWEARINGEN</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 07, 2002 3:57 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Sound coming from the plate</div>  <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Hi Everyone.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Has anyone ever encountered this before?  I have a client with an M1F from Yamaha.  It's only a few years old but already, Yamaha has discontinued the line.  It's a 43 " upright and it has one of those crazy lids that lift up like a grand piano.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Anyway, I noticed that after I strike a key anywhere in the treble, I get a metalic sound that is not in tune with the note struck.  It was obvious to me that the sound I was hearing was the iron plate vibrating for a short time after the note was struck.  However, as I mentioned, it was a terrible out-of-tune noise.  It's not extremely obvious but it is loud enough that it drives the owner crazy.  The plate screws are all tight, as is every other screw I could find.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I wonder if this was why this series was discontinued.  Anyone ever run into a similar problem?</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Corte Swearingen</font></font></blockquote> </blockquote> <br>  <br>  <p>-- <br>Richard Brekne <br>RPT, N.P.T.F. <br>UiB, Bergen, Norway <br><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <br><A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <br>  </body> </html>