<< Sure enough, no amount of my playing around with this or adjacent notes > > caused the problem, but I did hear it when she played the Chopin. Very > > short ZINGing sound as if a small screwdriver momentarily touched the > > string. Damper felt looks normal. Damper adjustment seems right. I > could > > see nothing out the the ordinary, at least to my eyes. I removed the > action > > and checked the damper wire screw for this note, it was tight. I did, > > however, notice that by manually lifting and dropping each damper lever, > the > > one for G#6 caused a more metallic sound when dropped than did its > > neighbors. Could not figure out why. Need to be able to fix this noise > > upon returning next month. >> Swap the damper with the one next to it and see if the zing moves or stays on the same note. This will remove a large number of potential dead-ends and maybe save some time on the investigation. Good luck, Ed Foote RPT www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/399/six_degrees_of_tonality.html"> MP3.com: Six Degrees of Tonality</A>
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