>I've read most of the books but this is a new one on me. Several keys >(probably 12 or so) in the midrange can't be depressed. The inside of the >hammer "tail" sticks against the back of the wippen. So the hammer is >incapable of rising unless you pull the hammer up with your hand. > >Being a relative newbie as a piano tech, I'm wondering what the fix >is. Take a file and file the back of the wippen? Take a Dremel tool and >sand off part of the hammer so it doesn't rub? Reglue the offending >hammers, making the shanks 1/64 longer? > >Just curious to know if any of you "Been there, done that, got the >T-shirts" have seen this before? >Toodles, >Charles Cron >Rockfield, KY Check with Phil Glen if this is a Young Chang built piano (include the serial number). Sounds like the growing action bracket problem to me. "Phil Glenn" <Phil_Glenn@yca.tzo.com> Ron N
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