Puzzler for a quite Sunday. :-)

[Richard Brekne]

Hey... THATS what I was going to say.... grin..

David Ilvedson wrote:

> OK Jim, I think I've got it.  The upstop rail was warped and you needed to
> put some felt behind it.  Am I getting close...;-]
>
> Hey, we had it down to the action cavity...
>
> David I.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of JIMRPT@AOL.COM
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 5:47 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> 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)

--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway