PDtek@aol.com wrote: > List; > This one may be too easy but I'll give it a shot anyway. When I was > first > starting in this business I was servicing an old grand where the owner > was > complaining of sluggish keys.When she sat down and played, I could see > that > several keys were extremely slow coming back (her fingers were not > resting on > the keys). When I sat down and played these same keys, they were > completely > void of any friction whatsoever. I would play them slow, fast, easy, > hard, > sustain on, sustain off, no friction. The keys were not touching the > slip and > no keys were touching each other. She sat down, started playing again > and > there were the sluggish keys again. It drove me nuts for about an hour > until > I located and repaired the problem. What was it? > > Dave Bunch She was playing with the soft pedal depressed, the action was over-traveling, some keys were rubbing against the (next highest) underlevers. Mystery: How many angels can fit on the head of a tuning pin? Tom
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