suddenly, a click

[William R. Monroe]

Ross,

If replacing the knuckles works, I would think it's probably just loose
knuckle/shank glue joints, in which case I'd just add a drop of CA at each
joint.

My 2 cents.

Respectfully,
William R. Monroe


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. R. White" <jrwhiteltd@msn.com>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: RE: suddenly, a click


Replace all the knuckles.  Don't know why it works; but, it works every
time.

Ross White



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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Joe Garrett
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:36 PM
To: pianotech
Subject: Re: suddenly, a click



Dean May said: "Just wrapping up working on a YC action that has been in my
shop about 4
weeks. After assembling it I notice a distinct click when the jacks
reset. It appears some errant chemical vapor from the shop has hardened
the jack stop felt causing a slight noise on the reset.

I'm thinking perhaps a couple drops of water/alcohol/surfactant solution
might do the trick to soften the little round piece of felt.  Anybody
have any input?"



Dean,

Just finished surveying/tuning/fiddling with a YC with the same darned
problem. Made in 1999 and it sounds like a tap dancer!!! Yikes! It is the
Jack Regulation Stop Felt. It is way too hard. I perused it and all are the
kind of felt that some use for understinging felt or key end felt. Waaaayyy
to darned hard. The only solution I can think of is to replace with a much
softer punching. Anyone else, have thoughts? BTW, this is a Pramberger
Series, that should be better, IMO. I wasn't impressed.

Regards,



Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
Captain, Tool Police
Squares R I