Today's Puzzler

[Roger Jolly]

Flange centre can give a similar kind of noise.
Darn I was actually wrong.  <G>  Not the first time by a long chalk.
Regards Roger


At 08:39 PM 2/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>AH, HA!!!!!!!!  WRONG!!!!!!
>
>That was the wonderful RJ tip I was referring to. I heard that little guy 
>jingling away and all the other were quiet. I thought that I had found my 
>first loose damper lever lead. They didn't seem loose though upon closer 
>inspection, but I thought maybe its one of those things that will only 
>manifest themselves when installed. So I used a brass rod to tap a couple 
>marks on the lead on each side to be sure the leads were tight. Same 
>noise. No difference.
>
>But I know I will run into it someday, and I will be thinking of your kind 
>instruction at that time.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Roger Jolly" <roger.j@sasktel.net>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:54 AM
>Subject: Re: Today's Puzzler
>
>
> >
> > Ho Terry
> >                Under lever lead may be loose.
> > Remove the underlever and spread the lead a little, or a dab of CA should
> > do the trick.
> > Don't be surprised is after you fix it, the others sound a little noisy,
> > but just not enough to click.
> > Another thing to try.
> > Regards Roger
> >
> >
> > At 07:55 AM 2/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >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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