Puzzler for a quite Sunday. :-)

[Tom Driscoll]

Jim, What was the prize had we had guessed it? Tom D.
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Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: Re: RE: RE: Puzzler for a quite Sunday. :-)


>
> In a message dated 10/01/2000 8:09:35 PM, you wrote:
>
> <<"If I may sneak in another try,Oh heck just tell us!  Sostenuto rod
> brackets?
>
> Tom Driscoll">>
>
> Ok it's after 8PM and no one is really really close.
>
> Answer: The damper upstop rail was warped inward at that point to where it
> was almost but not quite touching the belly bar. The upstop rail had
washers
> between the rail and the belly bar thus holding the rail away from the
belly
> bar. When the three keys in question were played ff the middle key would
move
> the  underlever hard enough to make the rail 'slap' the belly bar, thus
> producing a "click" type noise. When the keys were played fff  all three
keys
> would produce the same type of 'click' noise. No other keys displayed this
> attribute.
>
>  Since the upstop rail was a one piece affair the removal of said rail was
> not an option at that time. There also was not enough room to 'shave the
back
> of the rail in position...so I took a felt mute, loosened the closest
holdown
> screw. Put a little dab of glue on the mute tip and slid it behind the
rail,
> trimmed off the unglued portion of the mute, tightened the hold down screw
> and no more
> clicks!! :-)
>
>  I have never run acros this problem before that I can recall so I thought
it
> would make a good puzzler.
> Y'all were on the right track though! :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)