This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Check the bridal wires clicking against the damper wire and the setting = if the bridal wire must hold the jack about 1/8" from the hammer butt. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: tom driscoll=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:49 AM Subject: Re: Noisy Jacks Subject: Re: Noisy Jacks Tom,=20 thanks for the advice about transporting. =20 As far as the jacks go, they click when the key is depressed. As = best as i remember, they click almost at the moment the jack toe bumps = in the letoff button. =20 One other thing that i forgot to mention, and this may be = significant: I had somewhat of a difficult time fitting the action into its = supports properly. Everytime i thought i had it in, several of the keys = wouldn't go down at all. But finally when i thought it was locked into = place, which is when i began checking notes and hearing clicks. The = other problem now, however, is that there's suddenly a whole lot of lost = motion, across the length of the action. Almost every note has 1/32 or = so of a gap between the butt and jack. So, either i didn't notice this = before (this is a friend's never-used piano, by the way), or i didn't = quite return the action properly. Could this have affected the let-off = rail forks?=20 Scott =20 Scott, 1/32 lost motion is not a lot. I would take all the keys out ,then fit the action to the = supports . Check that all the brackets are touching the supports and = that the strike point on #88 seems correct.This action should fit = without trouble. The jack noise and action fit may not be related, but take = one problem at a time , that is check the let-off rail, fit the action = correctly ,install the keys, adjust L.M. etc. =20 I bet the problem(s) will jump right out at you. Tom Driscoll ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3e/09/17/0e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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