fast puzzle, knock knock

[David M. Porritt]

OK Ed, I'll bite.  I have a "D" here (1983) where I got that kind of
knocking and it was the tray just touching the back of the key frame.
 

How far off am I.

dave

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On 3/6/02 at 9:07 PM A440A@AOL.COM wrote:

>Greetings, 
>    A new Steinway D.  Going over the action, I notice a knocking
sound
>when 
>the pedal is used in rapid repetition.  I guess people most often
call it 
>"fluttering the pedal", (which calls to mind a goodle Southern boy
trying
>to 
>impress the flower of the Confederacy).  This noise was the result
of a 
>factory defect, and I fixed it with a screwdriver and  my cordless
drill
>with 
>a #9 bit.  
>  It was not in the trapwork. It was not in the underlevers.  I
didn't
>touch 
>the tray. 
>Regards, 
>Ed Foote 
>
>(oohh, I hope it takes everybody a whole long time, but this is a
fast 
>crew.....)


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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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