This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I've had some where the maple shoes come loose from the key. Big time = noisy! Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: jolly roger=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:07 AM Subject: Re: Quieting Grand Action Noise Hi Tom, A lot of that noise is probably coming from the keys. = The maple shoes ( balance rail holes) coming from a damp climate and = going to to extreme dry climate tend to loosen and make a racket. I = size the holes with half white glue and water, and leave over night for = the glue to harden. Then size and fit the keys the next day. Samick products often come from the factory with over sized BR holes. Regards Roger At 01:56 PM 9/19/01 -0400, you wrote:=20 List:=20 The noise of the action parts settling after releasing the keys on a = client's 1978 Baldwin R is more noticeable the last few years after it = was moved to the desert in Grand Junction from Florida. I noticed the = same thing on my 1970 Yamaha G3 after moving here from San Francisco. = The back rail felt on the Baldwin looks pretty compressed compared to = the ends that are not receiving the blows from the key ends. On the = Yamaha, the back rail felt still seems pretty cushy and I think a lot of = the noise is from the knuckles bouncing/hitting on the rep lever. = Hammer flange friction on both pianos is 4-7 swings, so those aren't = rattling I don't think.=20 Any thoughts and experience others have on trying to quiet actions = would be appreciated. Once knuckles get hard, can they be softened? = How? Does replacing back rail felts help much? =20 Come to think of it, I also have a client with a brand new 6'1" = Kohler/Campbell(Samick) that makes a big racket when releasing the keys, = and a Baldwin M at the college and ..... :)=20 Thanks!=20 Tom Merrill, Associate=20 Grand Junction, CO=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/42/13/05/e2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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