[pianotech] Mysterious Key Noise

[Ken & Pat Gerler]

"The noise disappears when the sustain pedal is depressed, but still present when the C2 damper is lifted individually."

The above tells me it is the Sustenuto tab on the damper under lever "engaging" with the Sustenuto rod.  Did you pull the action and then lift the damper on C2?  

Ken Gerler
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Formsma 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:03 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Mysterious Key Noise


  What kind of grand piano?


  It wouldn't be in the wippen. The wippen makes the same motion whether or not the dampers are lifted.


  I'm assuming you checked sostenuto tabs weren't hitting the sostenuto bar? But that would be immediately evident when lifting the damper by itself, as you mention you'd done.


  More info ... but then you'll probably see what it is whilst gathering "more info." :-)

  -- 
  JF



  On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Patrick C. Poulson <pcpoulson at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


    Greetings: I am working on a grand piano that has a noise coming from C2 that is eluding me. The symptom is a knocking that occurs on the downstroke. The noise disappears when the sustain pedal is depressed, but still present when the C2 damper is lifted individually. I initially thought it was the key end felt, but the fact that the noise remained when I lifted the damper manually excluded that as the source. This would also seem to eliminate the damper flange as the source, and I also checked that flange and it made no unusual noise by itself. It seems that there must be something going on within the wippen, but why the noise disappears when the sustain pedal is depressed puzzles me.  Your help is appreciated.
    Patrick C. Poulson
    Registered Piano Technician
    530-265-1983 




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