This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Funny NoisesBe it a"click" or a "tick" Ken? I would look at the jack for "clicks," however, if it's a "tick," then as Wim suggests, it may be the repetition spring slot: Make a "J-shaped tool out of a wire-mute handle (Fred shared this in past), or doubled-up heavy guage music wire so you can reach inside the slot (dislodge the spring first) and clean the slot. (make the radius of the hook so the tool "finds" the slot blindly) >From my experience though, there doesn't need to be gunk in the slot to make a "tick." The spring itself can wear a very tight rut, enough to catch on. In this case, you want a tool that is rounded, smooth, and of larger diameter than spring-wire. You will "burnish" the slot to renew a rounded, friendlier path for the spring. bon chance! Mark Cramer Brandon University -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ken Zahringer Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 2:02 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: [CAUT] Funny Noises Hello, all, I’m working on a Steinway D here and it has some clicks in it that are stubbornly resisting my best efforts to eliminate them. This is a 1970 vintage piano that has some level of action rebuild done in 1993 (before my time). Some of this work wasn’t done particularly well, so over semester break I put new Renner shanks & flanges and Ronsen hammers on it. It turned out very nice, but there are five notes in the low treble that click when played. It initially sounded like the click happens at hammer impact, but I think it might be triggered by the end of keystroke. The click seems to be in the wippen, since when I pull the action and lift the hammer out of the way, I still get a click, but if I hold the wippen up and strike the key, I get no click. It doesn’t appear to be jack top hitting anything, but I can’ t find the source of the noise. This is particularly frustrating because I’ m usually pretty good at diagnosing this sort of thing. I’m getting this piano ready for a concert this Friday, so I’m beginning to be a little anxious. Any experience, ideas, or wild speculations out there? Ken Z. -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician University of Missouri School of Music 297 Fine Arts Bldg Columbia, MO 65211 573-882-1202 cell 573-489-7529 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/83/bd/b6/6d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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