Today's Puzzler

[Farrell]

Hmmm. Yes, I think MAYBE you have it! Loose flange pin (sorta).

The top part of the underlever system (what do you call it - the piece with the sostenuto tab and the damper wire screw. In fact, what do you call the three parts - the flange (obviously), the ?underlever? (with the lead pieces) and the subject piece)? The pin is properly in place - the pin is NOT loose (so maybe you don't get credit?). But the bushings are super compacted on both sided, allowing a huge (relative to most flange holes) hole for the pins ends to bang around in. 

How could this have occurred? Burr of some sort on end of pin that caused felt to wear out? Both ends? Any ideas?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Bratcher" <MBratPianos@indy.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Today's Puzzler


> 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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