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  • 1.  Steinway B - Damper Noise

    Posted 03-21-2017 18:24
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    Several dampers on this Steinway B make this peculiar noise. I can't identify the cause.

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    Giovanni Voltaggio
    A440 Piano Service
    Austin, TX
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  • 2.  RE: Steinway B - Damper Noise

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-21-2017 18:50
    Sounds like loose damper flange screws. Either that, or the head is loose in the wire.

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    Willem "Wim" Blees, RPT
    Mililani, HI 96789
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  • 3.  RE: Steinway B - Damper Noise

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-22-2017 08:45

    perhaps

    1. loose underlever leads?


     


    Stephen Kabat

    Keyboard/Instrument Technician

    Cleveland State University

    216/687-5037




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  • 4.  RE: Steinway B - Damper Noise

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-22-2017 11:01
    Could it be a loose lead weight?


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  • 5.  RE: Steinway B - Damper Noise

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-22-2017 08:38
    Check for loose leads in the underlever

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    Michael Lipnicki
    Calgary AB
    403-246-7517
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  • 6.  RE: Steinway B - Damper Noise

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-22-2017 09:00
    It seems as though the lead insert is loose and needs to be swedged.  These can often make that noise.

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    Allan Koetz
    Grayslake IL
    847-363-0743
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  • 7.  RE: Steinway B - Damper Noise

    Posted 03-22-2017 20:11
    Giovanni,

    Does it make the noise without the damper installed? Assuming you've checked for a loose flange screw. And pinning problems.

    Loose leads? If this piano has springs up that high, could one of them be contacting something it shouldn't?

    Margie Williams
    pnotuner@pacbell.net

    "We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing." (Unknown)


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