Kawaii sonstenuto click

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

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Mike,
I had a similar problem on a Yamaha G3.  All the lower bass notes were 
clicking.  In that case the sostuneto rod had slipped lower (probably 
during shipment) and was remedied by loosening some screws, repositioning 
and tightening after verifying that it worked well.  The rod was being hit 
by the damper levers.

Andrew
Las Cruces, NM
At 01:47 PM 3/15/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>List,
>
>My favorite piano teacher's Kawaii 500 (5'8", ca. 1970) gets tuned every 4 
>months, and often has a surprise puzzle for me.  (the last one was a 
>mysterious buzz, whcih turned out to be my lost screwdriver blade sitting 
>on the plate)   Today it was the sostenuto.  When she plays the Schubert 
>Serenade, with octave bass notes held with sostenuto followed by staccatto 
>chords above.  As the sostenuto pedal begins to release, but before it 
>releases the damper underlevers, there is a 
>click.  Sometimes.  Intermittently.  It can be duplicated with the action 
>out, lifting the underlevers by hand.  It doesn't have to be the same 
>combination of notes.   I couldn't hear where it was coming from.  I 
>lubricated the pedal, rod, trapwork, monkey pivot, and blade pivots, which 
>eliminated any background noise allowing her to really focus on the 
>annoying click, but couldn't find/fix the click.  If I'd had more time 
>availa! ble, I would have pulled the blade to inspect, clean, and 
>lubricate it and the tabs.  Any thoughts?
>
>thanks
>
>Mike
>
>Michael Spalding
><mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net>spalding48@earthlink.net
>
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