<!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 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I suppose I shouldn't have described it = as a buzz - it's more of an out-of-tune metallic gong sound.</FONT></DIV> <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 title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 08, = 2002 2:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sound coming from = the plate</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>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 title=ssclabr8@flash.net = href="mailto:ssclabr8@flash.net">SUSAN P SWEARINGEN</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto: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.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>