Today's Puzzler

[bruce greig]

broken key?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@philbondi.com>
To: "Newtonville" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:30 PM
Subject: Today's Puzzler


> Hello to all.
>
> Today's puzzler involves a new Console.
>
> The customer was complaining about one note being very hard to play..once
in
> a while it would play, and other times it wouldn't. .. but it was always
> hard to play.
>
> The offending note is F2, but that's really irrelevant..honest!
>
> When I got there..sure enough, the note was exactly how she described it.
My
> first thought is a tight front rail bushing and/or tight jack pinning. It
> "felt" that way, but neither was the problem.
>
> Upon further inspection, the jack was having a heck of a time escaping
from
> the hammer butt. It 'seemed' a bit freer when I eliminated the key from
the
> equation, but when I went to play it slowly, sure enough, the jack was
> acting like it didn't want to escape.
>
> What was the problem?
>
> The first correct answer gets...oh, let's see what I have hanging around
> here........oh, some balance rail punchings..an assortment of sizes and
> colors..goes well with any decor.
>
> Good luck with this Puzzler.
>
> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)
> phil@philbondi.com
>
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>
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