New problem

[Clyde Hollinger]

Dave,

For me, whether it's fun or not to find something new depends on whether
or not I can figure out what's wrong and fix it.  I have an Everett
studio with slight knocks when playing the keys.  I couldn't figure out
what was wrong, so I called in a more experienced tech.  He couldn't
figure it out, either.  Still don't know what it is, but the customer
hasn't complained.

I saw a separated main rail such as you describe only one time, but the
separation was only partial, so I was able to fix it on location.

Regards,
Clyde Hollinger, RPT

"David M. Porritt" wrote:

> I saw one today that I had never seen in my 30 years in this
> business.  The lady called me to say that none of the keys worked, and
> that the dampers were not damping.  She hinted that her boys had been
> "playing" with the piano.  This is a Chickering console.
>
> I went out this morning and found it exactly as she stated.  It took
> me about 10 minutes to find the problem.  The main rail had split. (It
> appears that it was a glued up rail and it suffered glue failure.)
> The wippens were attached to a rail that was fastened to the
> brackets.  The hammers and dampers were on a rail that was "floating"
> with nothing connected to any brackets.  I've brought the action home
> and I'm going to have to remove at least all the dampers to get some
> clamps on the rail to put it back together.  It would probably be
> better to disassemble the whole thing, but the piano doesn't really
> warrant a lot of expense.
>
> It's always fun to see something new!!