It really seems like it's jack - hammer butt related. Replaced jack spring, still some intermittent sticking. Used dry lube, did see some possible verdigris in flanges. Only sticks when I really drum the key. Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano On Mar 12, 2010, at 3:26 PM, J Patrick Draine <jpdraine at gmail.com> wrote: > Well it's a Steinway, so look for the verdigris! New springs may > help, but check the jack friction, wippen flange friction, and > hammer (Billings style I think) flange friction. > If there's verdigris, those parts SHOULD be replaced. If you can't > do that, be prepared for an Unsatisfied Customer. Repinning, Protek, > and (possibly) jiffy leads might get things playing in the short run > but verdigris'd parts are lvery ikely to creep back up into excess > friction. > Good luck! > Patrick Draine > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Richard <richard.ucci at att.net> wrote: > List, jack keeps hanging up with fast repitition. Not key bushings, > jack spring? > > Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100312/1c4f71f5/attachment.htm>
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