Sticking Rep. lever; was Sticking Hammers

[Warren Fisher]

I ran into an odd one recently.  The key went "click" just before 
let-off and then the key hung up in the air and had to be pushed down. 
 The hammer worked fine and the wippen did too.  I lifted the adjacent 
hammers and watch that sucker do it's thing and I still couldn't get it. 
When I lifted the hammer the wippen would fall.  
Finally I saw the problem.  The wippen had been refelted and the little 
felt at the upper end of the jack slot was sticking up too high and had 
hard glue on the part that was sticking up.  The drop-off adjuster would 
slide over the top of the felt and drop down behind it and the glue 
would hold it there!!
Boy, I wish these things would quit surprising me.  You'd think that 
after 30 years I would have found most of their tricks! :-)  What'cha think?
Warren

gordon stelter 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
>  
>

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