Puzzler for a quite Sunday. :-)

[Brian Lawson]

Jack regulating felt hardened and making a noise - I had that on a kawai I
tuned yesterday, but was on the majority of them.

or

Loose keylead?

Brian Lawson, RPT
Johannesburg, South Africa



----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 5:23 AM
Subject: Puzzler for a quite Sunday. :-)


> Et Al;
>  A few weeks back I had occasion to service a Kawai Grand, don't remember
the
> model number, but it was about 6' and aprox a year old and the better
line.
> Complaint was:
>  "There is a clicking noise in this key and in the key on either side but
not
> as noticable as in this key" and "the noise only happens sometimes and
only
> on the upstroke of the hammer" (The customer was a VERY good player:) (the
> keys were A#4, B4 and C4.)
>
>  I tuned the piano, did a little voicing and then addressed the problem of
> the "clicking" by the judicious use of a 'tiny' bit of felt............
> What was the clicking noise?
> What did I do to stop the clicking?
> Have fun! :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)