Hammers clacking!

[Warren Fisher]

Re: Kawai console # M1541410  Model 706-1(I?)

The hammers starting in the bass section and all the way to the
mid-tenor, make a clacking noise very much like what you hear when
bedding a key, but not as loud.  It is very uniform but diminishing as
it approaches the high tenor and sounds normal in the treble. Normal to
me is a soft thumping sound.   Again, the sound occurs when the hammer
strikes the string on a hard blow (as when tuning).

I checked the flange and rail screws which were tight.  This is an
aluminum rail.  I did not check the action bracket support bolts, but I
will be back in there in two weeks when I install a couple of strings. I
have heard a hammer make a sound like this when the upper glue joint was
broken, but it isn't that.

What am I missing?

Warren Fisher

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