loud Kimball action

[Anne Beetem]

>I tuned a 10 year old 5'8" Kimball, Vianese edition grand a couple of days
>ago, and the customer complained about a noisy action. The noise I heard was
>when the hammer rest rail is loose. But upon inspection, I found it to be
>related to the knuckle and the jack.
>
>As far as I could determine, the clacking sound was created when the knuckle
>hit the top of the jack, yet both the knuckle and the jack are not loose.
>
>The material of the knuckle did not appear to be buckskin, but it was not
>hard.
>
>Is there something else I am missing, or has this been a problem with
>Kimbaldorfers?
>
>Willem Blees  RPT
>St. Louis

Are you sure it's not the jack hitting the felt in the window and the felt
is hardened from a poor glue job or missing?   That can make a lot of noise.

ab







Anne Beetem
Harpsichords & Historic Pianos
2070 Bingham Ct.
Reston, VA  20191
abeetem@wizard.net