Hello All, I'm wondering if many of you have had a chance to tune a new Charles Walter Grand? I finally got a chance yesterday. Lovely instrument. But the complaint from the customer was about "excessive action noise". This is specifically the noise that appears when the action parts (wippens, hammers, keys) are dropping back to rest position. Of course this happens in every action, but it did seem rather noisy for a piano of this quality with a Renner action. I'm wondering if this is typical of this piano and what might be done to improve it? The keyframe did need a little bedding but I noticed no appreciable difference in the noise after correcting that. The rest of the regulation was close enough to expect less noise. The back rail cloth was glued on one edge only, but it was the rear edge, which is the opposite to what I would expect. I loosened the glue joint under the cloth in some spots expecting to hear a huge difference, but no appreciable change. All rails, flanges, brackets, etc. that are supposed to be tight, were tight. Anyone have similar experience with this piano or any more ideas for this sort of thing in general? Thanks, jeannie Jeannie Grassi, RPT Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net
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