I recently purchased a Lyon Healy Prelude that is about 20 years old.I am noticing buzzes on a few strings, especially 4th octave E and 3rd D. I don’t see anything amiss under the soundboard, and I tried changing the strings, but no improvement. Also, the 2nd octave F is not sharp enough when I raise the lever.
Any advice would be appreciated (I am primarily a pedal harp player). Thanks!
The levers can be regulated, and with the right tool I think it’s easy enough for you to do it yourself. I believe you can either adjust the tuning pin on the neck with a certain tool (you could ask lyon & healy or a harp tech), or you can adjust the height of the lever slightly with the right screwdriver. The buzzes might disappear with those sorts of adjustments too, though is it possible the neck is twisting a little causing those strings to come into contact with their levers? Are they buzzing if you have the lever engaged as well?