A puzzler

[Wallace Scherer]

Since I only got about three responses, all incorrect, I thought I'd post 
this again. Any more guesses?

On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Wallace Scherer wrote:

> A week after I had tuned a Kimball console, the customer told me one of 
> the keys was sticking. When I arrived, she played the key a few times, 
> and then it stuck down, about half way. The key itself felt free, but the 
> hammer would not strike the string.
> 
> When I opened up the piano, the key was not sticking, nor could I get it 
> to stick again. But upon careful observation of the action, I figured out 
> why it was probably sticking.
> 
> I made an adjustment using only my fingers, then closed up the piano, 
> mostly satisfied the problem would not reoccur.
> 
> However as I drove away, I thought of something else I could have done 
> INSTEAD that probably would have been better, again using only my fingers.
> 
> Can you tell me:
> 
> 1. What was the problem?
> 
> 2. What was my original solution?
> 
> 3. What other solution did I think would have been better?
> 
> Wally Scherer
> Lake Worth, Florida
> 
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