The jack is too far forward- no douts here. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV Greg Casper wrote: > I just got back from a customer who has a Kawai grand with one key they said > wasn't working. Turns out it works pretty well UNLESS you strike the key > hard. When you do that, the hammer barely even moves. It looks to me like > the jack is sitting too far forward on the knuckle, but since I didn't have > a jack screw adjusting tool with me (this was ONLY supposed to be a tuning.. > and stupid me didn't take all the tools) I couldn't regulate that out to > determine if that's the ONLY issue. Any opinions on what else might cause > this situation? The backcheck almost seemed to be catching the hammer on > it's way UP to the strings, but since it's only happening on a strong blow > to the key I think it just LOOKS like it's catching, since there is almost > no upward movement of the hammer when this occurs. Ideas? > > Greg Casper > San Jose, CA
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