tick, tick, tick

[Farrell]

Hey, maybe it's something easy......like a moving stretcher!  :-(    Good luck. I hate polyester.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 5:53 PM
Subject: RE: tick, tick, tick


> Wallace,
> Try taking off all case parts ,one at a time. Music Rack,
> Lid,lid prop, Lyre ,Cheeks, Slip . Maybe the problem will follow a case
> part. 
> Also Get underneath and listen while your client plays and maybe
> you can hear the source. Tom Driscoll 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of Wallace Scherer
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 4:40 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: tick, tick, tick
> 
> No, this isn't a bomb. It's a question about a "tick, tick, tick" sound
> that comes from a polyester finish Wurlitzer baby grand piano as the
> (heavy) owner walks by on the wooden floor. She also complains that it
> does
> it when she plays fast, loud pieces (where the piano would move a bit).
> She
> says she is not going to pay any money for any work on the piano (tuning
> is
> past due) until this problem is fixed.
> 
> Three different technicians have tried to fix it by tightening leg
> bolts,
> putting felt between the leg and the body, and generally checking things
> to
> see where else it could be. (Seems to be the legs)
> 
> I know that these high gloss finishes can cause problems where two
> pieces
> come together - like benches. But the Baldwin company tech wasn't
> familiar
> with the problem.
> 
> Have any of you found similar problems you were able to fix? How?
> 
> ** Please answer me privately as I am not signed on to the list. **
> 
> Wallace T. Scherer, Piano Technician, Music Educator
> P.O. Box 4121, Lantana, Florida, 33465 (561) 432-4121
> Web page: <http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune>
>   
>