More on sticking hammers. Try this!ticking Hammers

[gordon stelter]

--- gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I suspect that the action is not pushed back into
> the
> same place as it was before. Someting is "amiss", as
> they say. Press the damper pedal before sliding in
> action, as some key ends may have jammed on some
> damper levers, pushing them forward and moving the
> backchecks forward a tad, too. Check to make sure
> the
> sostenuto mechanism isn't catching on soemeting, and
> make sure the cheekblocks are screwed down tight,
> and
> the action is in the correct for-to-aft position.
>      Hope this helps.
>      Thump
> 
> --- euphoniac@juno.com wrote:
> > I was working on a Knabe baby grand today and ran
> > into some trouble.  I
> > removed the action and tapped in some loose tuning
> > pins (supported by a
> > pinblock jack).  After I replaced the action, the
> > hammers of E 2 through
> > G2 became stuck after they would strike the
> strings.
> >  The key wasn't
> > sluggish at all, but I was able to get them to
> fall
> > by pushing them with
> > a rubber mute.  I continued to work the keys, but
> > their hammers kept
> > hanging up.  I will be working on this piano again
> > tomorrow.  
> > 
> > I am still new in the business (a Randy Potter
> > student) and I can't find
> > any answers in Randy's materials or in the Reblitz
> > book.  Any help would
> > be greatly appreciated. 
> > 
> > Don Palmire
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