Today's Puzzler

[Mike Bratcher]

Loose weight, loose flange screw, loose flange pin?  In that area (G#4) it
is possible for the dowel pin from the trapwork to be extended enough that
it goes through the damper tray and hit the bottom of the underlever.  Hit
or miss?

Mike Bratcher

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:55 AM
Subject: Today's Puzzler


> I'll try my hand at this game. You guys will likely beat me up pretty
quickly.
>
> 1940s all original Baldwin "L". Pretty good condition for its age. Piano
teacher. Complaint: G#4 makes clicking/clunking noise - perhaps more noise
on release of key, but some on blow. You won't hear it on a soft blow, but
medium and harder will do it.
>
> Removed action. G#4 a bit noisy, but they all are. Don't think problem is
in action. Find G#4 damper. Flick up from action cavity - "clickity-clunk".
Put finger on underlever and one on damper head, push lift mechanism and
return - "clunk". Replace damper head with quiet neighbor - "clunk".
>
> Nothing hitting sostenuto (is that spelled correctly?) lever.
>
> Not too many things left - what is causing noise? I thought I was going to
be thanking Roger Jolly for an excellent tip he posted a while back - but
that was not it either!
>
> Terry Farrell
>
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