action clicking sound

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 06:52:52 -0500


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Is a Schafer & Son made by Samick? I've had a couple Samicks that had =
the wooden center rail pin hole insert on the bottom of the key come =
unglued. Clicked pretty good. 'Twas a toughie to nail down. Finally =
tried glue!   ;-)

Terry Farrell

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  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

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