Quiz

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Victor, 
                Jack spoon button or balancier button felt is rick hard.
The origin of the Korean virus. <g>
Roger


At 04:48 PM 03/02/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I solved a piano related noise problem that thought it might be good to be
>used as a quiz.
>
>A bit long.
>It is an Ivers & Pond Grand.
>Board shimmed, restrung, sandblasted action, hammers filed.
>I went to tune the piano today, and found a clicking noise on A5. The kind
>of click that sounds like a loose hammer head.
>-Pulled the action out, checked the hammer, it was fine. Checked the
>screws, loose, tightened them (hammer and Whippen flange). Noise was still
>there.
>-I pulled the hammer off and reglued it. Still clicking.
>-I checked the pinning for hammer flange, rep. lever, whippen flange all
>was fine. The hammer flange had been repinned (not important BTW).
>-I checked for loose jack post but ok.
>-Changed hammer assembly with neighboring one and still making the noise.
>-Checked for foreign object at the v-bar, by the string, nothing there.
>-Lift the damper way up and the clicking has not disappeared.
>-Check to see for some reason if there be anything funky with damper
>underlever, but no.
>-Checked to see if there was anything on the key itself that was loose, eg.
>leads, backchecks, maple piece for the backcheck.
>I was almost giving up umtil I looked at the action from inside the keybed
>(slight hint).
>Another hint if I would play the note quietly, it would not click.
>No other note was making that noise.
>
>Can you guess what it was?
>
>I will give the answer on Sunday. Will give more hints if need be.
>
>Victor Belanger RPT
>Somerville, MA
> 
Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
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