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  • 1.  Rebuilt 1889 Steinway B with ringing at the treble break

    Member
    Posted 20 days ago
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    Showed up to a nicely rebuilt B - this is a new issue within the last two months when the piano was last tuned and cleaned. There's a metallic ring/buzz/sound starting right at the first treble break and is gone by the 2nd break. 

    When I heard it I thought it was the duplex so I put some braid through and it didn't help. No obvious issues with the bridge…it's most noticeable at C5/C#5 

    There's some leaky dampers and unisons, but the buzz (hopefully the video audio is sufficient) has me at a loss.

    I've shared this with my local techs and mentor and I'm hoping someone out here might have some ideas we can bounce around. 

    thanks in advance! 



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    Sean Weinert
    Littleton CO
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  • 2.  RE: Rebuilt 1889 Steinway B with ringing at the treble break

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 20 days ago

    This looks and sounds like a capo buzz. Take a rubber mute and mute the front duplex to see if the buzz is reduced or eliminated. If so, you'll need to resurface/reprofile  the capo. Don't forget to reprofile the plate apron termination.



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    Roger Gable RPT
    Gable Piano
    Everett WA
    (425) 252-5000
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  • 3.  RE: Rebuilt 1889 Steinway B with ringing at the treble break

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 20 days ago
    Make sure that the waste lengths in the low tenor are properly braided and damped off. Could be picking up sympathetics from there. Happened to me.

    ng






  • 4.  RE: Rebuilt 1889 Steinway B with ringing at the treble break

    Posted 19 days ago

    The after ring sounds like perfectly tuned 12s. Have you tried muting the open high treble strings?

    By chance did you change your tuning stretch to pure 12ths?



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    Ed Sutton
    ed440@me.com
    (980) 254-7413
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  • 5.  RE: Rebuilt 1889 Steinway B with ringing at the treble break

    Member
    Posted 19 days ago

    Ed, this is a fascinating question and I hadn't considered the easiest potential problem - this piano is typically tuned aurally but I believe it was a cybertuner pure 12th tuning 🧐



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    Sean Weinert
    Littleton CO
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