Squeeky jack spring??!

Jeannie Grassi jgrassi@silverlink.net
Sun, 10 Nov 2002 13:32:29 -0800


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Woops!  I mean I *didn't* write it.  See, now you've gotten me confused!
:>)
 
jeannie

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Jeannie Grassi
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:27 PM
To: 'Pianotech'
Subject: RE: Squeeky jack spring??!


Ric,
I did write this....I replied to it.
 
jeannie

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Richard Brekne
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:10 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Squeeky jack spring??!


Jeannie Grassi wrote: 

Help! Please! I've a customer with a newer Kawaii grand with wood
whippens and black plastic jacks. She has noticed (I confess I can
barely, and never would have heard it) a slight rubbing sort of sound
when a couple of keys are played very softly and slowly. Looks/sounds to
me like sound occurs when jack is activated. I notice that jack spring
on her piano goes into a hole in the jack which appears to be a looser
fit than my older Kawaii with wooden jacks, I've tried a tiny drop of
clp lube in spring hole on jack and on jack centerpin with no result.
I'm pretty sure sound is coming from jack area, Anyone have a similar
experience?! What do I do?  Thanks in advance for all advice!!   Jon

You might look a bit closer at the spring itself. Sometimes the darn
things are bent such that they come in contact with the wood of the
lower whippen arm. Or they might be moving against the wood of the post
the upper arm is hinged on. 


Sometimes just removing a guilty part and looking a bit closer at it
removed from the action can reveal the source of the problem as well. 


Fortunatly, these kinds of action noises are most always relatively easy
to locate. 


RicB 
  


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Richard Brekne 
RPT, N.P.T.F. 
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