Today's Puzzler

[Farrell]

Need more info Phil. This could be nothing more than not enough key dip.

Terry Farrell
  
----- 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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