[CAUT] Funny Noises

[Greg Newell]

Once I was surprised to find jiffy leads screwed into the underside of the 
keys which clicked on the keyframe. Probably not your issue here, I just 
thought I'd share it.

Greg Newell


At 03:01 PM 1/24/2005, you wrote:
>Hello, all,
>
>I’m working on a Steinway D here and it has some clicks in it that are 
>stubbornly resisting my best efforts to eliminate them.  This is a 1970 
>vintage piano that has some level of action rebuild done in 1993 (before 
>my time).  Some of this work wasn’t done particularly well, so over 
>semester break I put new Renner shanks & flanges and Ronsen hammers on 
>it.  It turned out very nice, but there are five notes in the low treble 
>that click when played.  It initially sounded like the click happens at 
>hammer impact, but I think it might be triggered by the end of 
>keystroke.  The click seems to be in the wippen, since when I pull the 
>action and lift the hammer out of the way, I still get a click, but if I 
>hold the wippen up and strike the key, I get no click.  It doesn’t appear 
>to be jack top hitting anything, but I can’t find the source of the 
>noise.  This is particularly frustrating because I’m usually pretty good 
>at diagnosing this sort of thing.  I’m getting this piano ready for a 
>concert this Friday, so I’m beginning to be a little anxious.  Any 
>experience, ideas, or wild speculations out there?
>
>Ken Z.
>--
>Ken Zahringer, RPT
>Piano Technician
>University of Missouri School of Music
>297 Fine Arts Bldg
>Columbia, MO 65211
>573-882-1202
>cell 573-489-7529

Greg Newell
Greg's piano Forté
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net