In a message dated 96-02-20 00:21:15 EST, you write: >>The Piano is a 14 year old Young Chang Grand Model G-185. The hammer moves >>back toward the rest position just fine until about the last 3/4 inch. Then >>slow considerable. I have checked all pivit points, center pins, >>bushings,ect. Everything is fine...Am I right in assuming that I need to >>remove some lead weight from the key? And if so. Do you just drill out >some >>or how do you proceed... >> >>Dick Day >>Marshall, MI > >Before you undertake any attempts to modify the key leads, Dick, would you >please clarify exactly which pivot points, centerpins, bushings, etc. you >did check, and the method(s) of how you checked them? > >Keith A. McGavern, RPT >kam544@ionet.net >Oklahoma Baptist University >Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA > Thanks for your interest. It would be easiest if I told you that everything related to that particular key moved freely. I removed the whippen, and the hammer flopped back to rest in a normal manor. I removed the key and checked for tightness at the center and back rail. Every moving part in the whippen moved easily and returned to rest position. When I reinstalled the whippen, help of the hammer and held down the key, the whippen pivoted on its flange freely. I cleaned and smoothed the knuckle, and also made sure their was no drag where the knuckle meets the end of the jack. Hope this helps. Dick Day Marshall, MI > > > >
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