Baldwin 'leather' question

[Clyde Hollinger]

Ken,

If you need to convince yourself, take the fake stuff off one or two
hammer butts and replace it with leather.  If the clicks disappear, you
found the culprit.  That's what I did.

Clyde Hollinger

DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/14/99 7:29:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> kenrpt@mail.cvn.net writes:
> 
> << List,
>  I have a client with an 80's Hamilton that clicks on a forte blow on some
>  keys. I checked for the obvious, loose hammer heads, shanks, catchers,
>  flanges, etc., and couldn't find anything. The piano has the synthetic
>  leather that is the black stuff, not the Corfam (sp?). Some of the hammer
>  butt leather has come unglued at the top, which I imagine can slap the wood
>  occasionally causing a click, though not all of the notes that click have
>  this. I heard from another tech that the synthetic leather can click like
>  this, even though it feels gooey and sticky to the touch. Is this true? Can
>  that black 'leather' cause clicks just by being what it is?
>  Ken Jankura RPT
>  South Central PA Chapter
>    >>
> 
> The synthetic leather is just what it is: fake.  Somehow the jack is getting
> through to the wood of the hammer butt and makes a click. Changing the butt
> leather to real leather will eliminate the clicks.  I had a hard time
> believing it too but when I did the job the clicks were history.
> 
> Dave Peake, RPT
> Portland Chapter
> Oregon City, OR