I checked damper springs - seem Goldilocks fine - not too stiff and not too weak. Unless I get any other bright ideas, I think I'm gonna recommend to the owner that if they want me to look into it I will try one or two sample keys and chip off the hard rubber nut, inspect the balance holes and install a new rubber nut. We'll see if either/both of those items are causing the problem. And of course, when I have the drop sticker disengaged from the key, then I can much more closely check the rest of the action items. Thanks Barbara, Jon, Phil & Dean. I really wonder if it couldn't be the balance holes. That's the exact feeling it has - something binding in there. It feels exactly like several keys on a little spinet I tuned a few weeks ago - and of course, being that it was just a few keys, I knew something had to have fallen down in there - took quite a bit of looking but finally found the Bic pen right up against the backside of the let-off button rail - really quite well hidden from view. Unfortunately, I've never seen a four-foot-long pen though........ Peek-a-boo! Terry Farrell On Dec 5, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > What Jon said. And check the damper springs, too. > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois > > From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:04:46 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Kimball Spinet with HEAVY Sponge Action > > Look to see if the balance holes are too high. It can really restrict > the pivoting motion. > > -- > Regards, > > Jon Page > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121205/3579387d/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_0343.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 79153 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121205/3579387d/attachment-0001.jpg>
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