Today's Puzzler

[Robert Goodale]

The buck skin on the hammer butt had come loose and was dragging on the
jack?

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV



> 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.