This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Possibles: 1) High humidity (hammer felt slightly swollen). 2) The = flange pinning is loose (worn out, or the pin has slipped out of one side). = 3) The problem has always been there, the customer just hasn't played that = low note very often so haven't complained (beginners, "by ear" noodlers, and church-hymn-only players tend to stay in the middle of the piano pretty exclusively). 4) Hammer shaft is warped and needs to be straightened = with heat or a Warp Drive Tool (use the Stun setting). 5) The flange needs papering--check travel of that hammer and several neighbors on each side = of it. 6) The piano is crap and the "last-resort, crap-piano fix" can be justified, i.e., a little 80-grit applied to the friction point between = the hammers--assuming none of the above problems are obvious and worth = fooling with.=20 =20 Check the hammer/string alignment. Has either hammer "drifted" or is it obvious that each has been hitting, exactly, in its own groove forever? = If they are hitting "true" to the grooves, they've probably been rubbing shoulders for 30 years. =20 Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Sspeev@aol.com Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:56 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: short question on (15-20 year old) Weber console Hello everyone. =20 =20 Question:=20 =20 A bass hammer is slightly rubbing against an adjacent hammer, so that = when the note in question is played the hammer ends up getting stuck, the majority of time. It won't return to the rail until the adjacent note = is depressed. I tightened the hammer butt flanges, and the problem still occurs. I don't know anything about the history of this piano, but i = will say that it looks like it's barely been touched. Any thoughts? thank you, Scott (fledgling technician)=20 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.813 / Virus Database: 553 - Release Date: 12/13/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.813 / Virus Database: 553 - Release Date: 12/13/2004 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/06/2e/3f/e8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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