noise

[Guy, Karen, and Tor Nichols]

At 12:35 PM 3/14/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Does anyone know the source or cause of an irritating noise that seems to
>occur in a variety of pianos, usually after an action has been unused only
>for a day or two? This has been drawn to my attention by two different
>clients and one piano dealer. I can only describe it as a tick that happens
>as soon as the key begins to move, and only the first time the key is
>played. It does'nt happen again untill the piano has been unused for a few
>hours or days. This is not a serious problem but somebody has to have heard
>it before me....Here's hoping.
>"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"
>                     Owen J. Greyling, RPT
Owen,
	Sounds like knuckles or hammer butt leather. Teflon powder will do the job.
Guy
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