fast puzzle, knock knock

[David Skolnik]

Ed -

My first guess would be one of the dampers at the break hitting the plate 
strut.  Of course, you would have also needed some bushing cloth, so I may 
be wrong.  I'll keep thinking.


David Skolnik

At 09:07 PM 03/06/2002 -0500, you 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.....)