Vertical backcheck noise?

Wimblees@aol.com Wimblees@aol.com
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:26:23 EST


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In a message dated 2/27/03 3:35:41 PM Central Standard Time, 
cedel@supernet.com writes:

> I came across a new one today, I think.  1983 Everett school model
> studio piano.  While tuning I would hear a woody-sounding click on
> nearly every note, very consistent, similar to the sound you get if a
> jack tip lost its felt.  Nothing I checked seemed to diminish the sound
> until I took a length of 1.0mm center pin bushing cloth and held it
> where it would get sandwiched between the backcheck and the catcher when
> the key was depressed.  That squelched the noise markedly. 

Clyde

Did you check the catcher post, that goes into the hammer butt? They 
sometimes become loose, which creates a click, or wood to wood sound.

WIm 

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