noise

[Tom Myler]

> From: Owen J Greyling, RPT <greyco@adan.kingston.net>
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: noise
> Date: Friday, March 14, 1997 10:35 AM
>
> 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

This is something that  used to drive me NUTS.  It was years before I
accidentally located the culprit.  (At least, the culprit on the pianos I
encountered.)   It may only be coincidence, but I find this occuring most
often on Yamaha and Chuck Walter studios.



(drum roll)................Keysticks with slightly tight balance pin holes


Hope this is your answer.


Myler, Tom

"Perhaps the greatest wisdom is the knowledge
of one's own ignorance"

                                 John Steinbeck