Hammers clacking!

[tonythetuner]

Hi Warren,
Might just be the balance heads as we are inclined to call them in the
UK.........you know, the bits with the "leather" on that get caught by the
check heads.
Regards,
Tony Court.
----- Original Message -----
From: Warren Fisher <fish@communique.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 8:34 PM
Subject: Hammers clacking!


> 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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