Puzzler

[Brian Trout]

Aha, so it was the kickboard!  And it wasn't noisy?  I would have expected
it to make a scraping sound of some kind, but I guess not.  I think I've
seen the way they put that board on.  (When it's on right, it looks like
it's on wrong.)

Thanks for the puzzler Jim.  That was fun.

Brian Trout

-----Original Message-----
From: JIMRPT@AOL.COM <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 9:29 PM
Subject: Puzzler


>Et Al;
> Good answers one and all.....but none were exactly right and Brian was the
>closest with...
><<"If the kick board was pushed in farther than it was supposed to be, I
could
>see how that may cause a problem with something rubbing against it, and
>subsequently against something else, but it seems that something that
>blatant would have been making obnoxious noises, and not a particularly
>difficult one to see.">>
>
> The answer is::::::: the kick board/kneeboard/bottom board was not
installed
>properly. .............................This model Kimball was one where the
>bottom board had a kerf machined in the bottom edge and the pedal board had
a
>matching slot, or rabet, machined in the middle of the top edge.  In this
>fashion when the bottom board is installed correctly the board sticks out
>aprox 1/4 to 3/8 inch at the  pedal board.
>  In this case the Bottom board 'kerf' had jumped out of the pedal board
slot
>and set down behind the pedal board but..........was covering the slot in
the
>pedal board. For all intents and purposes, 'visually', this board was
>installed correctly.
>
> The bottom board was wedged in that position by the soft pedal and the
soft
>pedal was pushed against the bass sutain pedal.  Both pedals operated just
>fine going down, and made no noise!!,  but both were verrry slow in coming
>back up.
>
> After checking for damage I put the Bottom board in properly and
everything
>was OK...........but the first four things I thought of (all were
mentioned)
>were flat wrong.  :-)
>Jim Bryant (FL)
>