Election Day Puzzla

[Tom Driscoll]

Bridle strap too tight? Tom Driscoll
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Cole" <tcole@cruzio.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 12:53 AM
Subject: Election Day Puzzla


> A Story and Clark console, which otherwise works perfectly, has one
> problem: G3 (third note up from the bass break) does not play when the
> soft pedal is depressed. If you manually push the rest rail toward the
> strings and manually push on the back check, the same thing happens -
> the jack will not escape, unless you push fairly hard. 
> 
> So the problem is in the action. The shape of the butt and the condition
> of the butt leather seem normal (for a Story and Clark). The string cuts
> in the hammers are very light. Installing a thicker butt felt didn't
> help. There was no debris in the action.
> 
> For you computer geeks, yes, I went outside and came back in again and
> that didn't help! :-)
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Tom Cole