Quiz

[Farrell]

Quiz Answer Try: Balancier hardwood insert experiencing glue failure?

I just reglued several inserts on a 14-year old Samick grand yesterday. Had
a nice little click - at first I thought it was coming from the loose
keytops - but then I saw they were all falling off, and only a few keys
clicked!

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Belanger" <vbela@MIT.EDU>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:19 AM
Subject: Quiz


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> >Hi Victor,
> >               Jack spoon button or balancier button felt is rick hard.
> >The origin of the Korean virus. <g>
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> >1. The key top was loose?
> >2. Missing or hard key end felt, (underlever lift felt)?
> >3. Frame bedding problem?
> >4. Missing damper guide rail felt?
> >5. Missing rep. spring felt?
> >6. It was your imagination?
> Answer for 6:At first I thought I was losing it!
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> >Victor,
> >Was it an interference problem between a back check and the sotenuto
> >blade?
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> >What note was making the noise? Answer: A5
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> >You didn't say if the noise stopped when the action was pulled.
> >Possibly back-check hitting on sostinuto bar on the way back down.
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> >Larry Messerly, RPT
> >Prescott/Phoenix
> Answer:
> The noise did not stop if I pulled the action stlightly. If I did pull the
> action out totally no noise.
> Backcheck was not a problem
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> >Pencil, screw or some foreign object loose inside?
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> >Pulley key?
> >Key frame not bedded?
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> Answer: no for all the replies.
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