Today's Puzzler

[Avery Todd]

Phil,

Been there, had that happen. Way too many times. I sure wish the factory
would correct their upstop rail position! :-) I get tired of having to
always do it on most of our lease pianos.

Avery

P.S. I probably should have read the other responses first, but I didn't.
So, sue me! :-)

At 07:55 PM 07/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Good Day to all.
>
>Today's puzzler involves a Kawai RX-1, with clicking noises coming from the
>upper bass, lower tenor section only on hard blows.
>
>The noises sounded like a loose hammer shank or a loose hammer head..not
>this time, although the shank screws were pretty loose.
>
>Now remember, the noise sounded like a loose hammer head or shank, but that
>was not the problem...and it only happened on a hard blow.
>
>What was the problem?
>
>First correct answer gets the slightly used felt wedge which was not awarded
>to Dave Spaulding the last time I gave the class a puzzler. He passed on the
>prize.
>
>BIG Bonus points if you've only been in the business for 5 years or less.
>
>-Phil Bondi (Fl.)
>tito@philbondi.com
>
>