Ken, A couple of thoughts come to mind. If you used 17 mm Renner s/f, you had to move the jack further back (distal Ed?) from original dimensions. Sometimes this makes the rep spring fit differently in the jack. The jack might even be "hanging up" and go no further even with further adjustment of the regulating screw. There is a difference in sound between the regulating button stopping on the spoon and the sound of the spring stopping the jack's movement. The rep spring angle may need some adjustment to coincide with the jack's increased angle. Greg's comment below made me think that you might not want to rule out the key itself. I have had clicks coming from the key button glue joint coming loose from the key. These are some pretty flexible keys, aren't they? Regards, Blaine At 03:30 PM 1/24/2005, you wrote: >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 > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Blaine Vesely, Piano Technician Kent State University School of Music Kent, Ohio 44242 office: 330-672-2898 fax: 330-672-7837 email: bvesely@kent.edu
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