---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Paul, Sounds interesting, but too time consuming(with no proper compensation in=20 sight!) given my situation. The piano in question was already sold, and the= =20 person who bought it was not interested in paying more to have the clicks=20 removed. She has a five year trade-up option and plans on trading the Baldw= in in=20 before that time is up. When it gets back into the store, the corfam will=20 probably be replaced with buckskin(one would hope). =20 Thanks for the tip, though. I think my quick-fix of increasing let-off=20 distance did the trick pretty welI, given the circumstances. No lasting=20 consequences, either! Dave Stahl n a message dated 5/22/03 7:34:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,=20 pmc303@ricochet.com writes: > Dave: > Yesterday I came up with a nifty idea for getting rid of that=20 > disturbing click on a Baldwin Hamilton. The piano had been sold with the=20 > promise (!) that I would take care of the noise. After boldly declaring i= t was=20 > simply not possible to do without replacing the hammer butts, I swallowed=20= my=20 > pride and realized the sale would fall through if I didn=E2=80=99t do some= thing quick! =20 > What I did was to place a self adhesive felt dot (the kind you put under=20 > objects you don=E2=80=99t want to scratch the surface they sit on) about 3= /8=E2=80=9D diameter=20 > on the back edge of the jack tip, with the felt just peeking over the tip=20 > edge. The felt is thus on the butt side and does move the jack out slight= ly=20 > away from the butt. You just want to cushion the leading edge of the jack= tip=20 > so it doesn=E2=80=99t make that sound. The self adhesive barely covers th= e edge and=20 > just a little on the jack top insures the felt will stay there. Long term= I=20 > don=E2=80=99t know if this will be permanent, but at least the piano will=20= stay sold. > If you do this repair, I would offer the following procedure t= o=20 > save you time. I wasted hours removing each whippen, installing the felt=20= and=20 > replacing the whippen. I did two sections until I realized how it could=20= be=20 > done much easier and faster. I removed all the bridle tapes, then the=20 > letoff rail. I used an action jig to lay the action face down. The jack=20= tips=20 > could then be accessed easily. I used acetone to remove the dag from the=20= tips=20 > so the adhesive would stick better. > I had to do a little regulating afterwards. The lost motion=20 > will be disturbed, as well as the letoff adjustment. Most hammers were bl= ocking=20 > after I installed the felts. =20 > Bottom line is, if you can=E2=80=99t soften the butt leather,=20= why not=20 > soften the jack tip (edge)? I=E2=80=99d have rather had a system to cut t= he edge of=20 > the jack and install some kind of rubber, but this would have taken more t= ime=20 > than to replace the butts. > FWIW. Hope it helps. > Paul McCloud > San Diego=20 >=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/49/82/b1/bb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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