---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Dave, One thought. Play the note with the "noise", hold the key down & lift that damper. Does it click? If so, it's the upstop rail being too high & is clicking on the sostenuto rod. I've had a LOT of this kind of problems with Kawai's! Avery At 02:28 PM 1/29/2006, you wrote: >I need some wisdom: > >I am working on a Schafer & Sons G-3 Grand piano that has two keys >that have a 'clicking' sound. >The clicking sound is not there when you play pp but is there with mf and up. > >What I did so far: >Took the whippens out and visually inspected. Did not see anything >obvious and no missing felts. >Regulate the action on those keys ( which were way off prior to inspection ). >The jack is a little off to one side of the repetition lever window, >but not more than many other keys that dont have a click. >Lifted the damper up and held it while I played the key..... it still clicks > >One comment: >The click sounds like a wooden click ( I'm not saying it is, just >sounds like it ), but if I deaden the tricord strings with my >finger, the loud click does not sound. The hammers do sound a >little hard and make a good ' thud ' when they hit the deadened strings. > >Does anyone have any ideas on what could be making the click, and >what I could look for ??? >Many thanks to you all in advance. >I really appreciate the opportunity to ask these type questions and >get feedback from those with far more experience than myself. > >Dave McKibben > > ><mailto:DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net>DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net >http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/ >858-776-2516 > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5a/36/58/6f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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