Hammers clacking!

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi,
Paper punchings on top of the felt punching?
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Fisher" <fish@communique.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 1:34 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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