Perhaps a somehat loose center pin in the whippen flange allowing it to flex enough that it catches on the neighboring knuckle/whippen? You're on the right track. Alan E. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Magness <ifixpiano at gmail.com> To: caut <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, Oct 29, 2010 1:40 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] Friday puzzler: Won't play on hard blow On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:19 PM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote: List, The problem: There were a couple of notes that, when played really hard, would not speak at all (no repeated playing of the note involved). Other than that, these notes work just fine. This was something I had never seen before, so it took a few seconds longer than usual to figure out what was going wrong. Any ideas about what it was? Have a great weekend, Alan Eder Perhaps a somehat loose center pin in the whippen flange allowing it to flex enough that it catches on the neighboring knuckle/whippen? I think we are a product of all our experiences. Sanford I. Weill Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101029/9053caea/attachment.htm>
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