Riddle for the Weekend

[Leonard Childs]

Jim wrote:
>
> This sounds like a riddle we need Les to ring in on.
>
> I will take a stab at it because you said it took time for the glue to
> dry.  Was it a drop of dried glue on the side of a damper felt?
>
> My first tho't was that it was a loose round nut on the keystop rail,
> but that would not require glue to dry.
>
> Jim Coleman, Sr.
>
> On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Avery Todd wrote:
>
> > Ed,
> >
> >    I can't believe no one tried on your riddle. I guess most were like me.
> > Stumped!
> >
> > Avery
> >
> > >      The artist tells me that she hears a metallic noise, on release, but
> > >only with the middle Bb chord,  both hands, and only at piano level or
> > >softer.  It only does it when the pedal is also being released as her hands
> > >are coming off the keys.
> > >
> > >    I listen, I hear.  It sounds like a metallic overtone from a back string.
> > > It only does it at the end of a particular passage.
> > >
> > >The piano is a Steinway M, #261261
> > >
> > >      When I finally found the problem, it was nothing to do with the
> > >strings, plate,case, or wheels,  it was not to be found in any of the keys,
> > >whippens, hammer shanks, damper underlevers action rails, sostenuto or
> > >keyframe. It was not some exterior object rattling along with the piano.  I
> > >had had my hand on the offending item twice during the investigation, and
> > >then only by chance did it occur to me what it was.
> > >    the repair took  twenty seconds to effect, and 20 minutes to dry.
> > >
> > >Guesses??????
> > >
> > >( I only posted this because several replies following the last riddle
> > >suggested an interest,   I think this is kinda an easy one compared to the
> > >spring-tail bending)
> > >
> > >Regards to all
> > >Ed Foote
> >
> > _____________________________________
> > Avery Todd, RPT
> > Moores School of Music
> > University of Houston
> > 713-743-3226
> > atodd@uh.edu
> > _____________________________________
> >
> >
> >Was it the key up-stop rail?

Lenny