[CAUT] Which side to yank the butterfly spring?

[Keith Roberts]

I posted this on another list as a solution to a ticking sound on 2/3 of the
notes on a 2007 Wendl & Lung 151. I said to pull the wire to the bass side
and spread the coil to open it. He said it worked on every note but one.
Lubng the groove fixed that one.
My original thought was that there is a coating on the wire that causes some
stickyness. When the coil is bound up by pulling it to the trbele side, the
coil itself makes the tick. The direction the coil is wound changes the
side of course. I wonder if lubing the coil would work? Anyway, the
factories may be using a wire that causes this
Thank you so much Zeno. This should be in the journal.

Keith Roberts

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think the coil ends up spread out, it's just tilted somewhat, so
> there's no side-to-side.  I do this by pulling the spring out to the side
> then putting it back.  If it doesn't work I might yank it out the other
> side, although towards the bass is more convenient.  Whatever works.  But if
> you yank it sideways too much, it interferes with the function somewhat, and
> the spring might bulge toward the spoon, causing another click.
>
> As long as we're on the subject of weird spring-related noises:
>
> 1. About 9-10 years ago, the bottom part of the Steinway spring (that
> inserts into that hole in the bottom of the jack) was a little too long past
> that bend, so the end would bottom out and click.  Solution was to clip a
> tiny bit off the end so it wouldn't reach.  (What do you call that hole?)
>
> 2. Same time-frame: the angle of the bend where it goes into that same hole
> in the bottom of the jack was a little too shallow, so the jack wouldn't
> come all the way back to where the button contacts the spoon.  (The spring
> was holding the jack in position instead of the button/spoon)  This would
> click a little bit, and it also made regulation impossible.  Solution was to
> slip out the end and increase the angle just a tad.
>
> Regards,
> Zeno Wood
>
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