short question on (15-20 year old) Weber console

[Alan]

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Possibles: 1) High humidity (hammer felt slightly swollen).   2) The =
flange
pinning is loose (worn out, or the pin has slipped out of one side).   =
3)
The problem has always been there, the customer just hasn't played that =
low
note very often so haven't complained (beginners, "by ear" noodlers, and
church-hymn-only players tend to stay in the middle of the piano pretty
exclusively).   4) Hammer shaft is warped and needs to be straightened =
with
heat or a Warp Drive Tool (use the Stun setting).   5) The flange needs
papering--check travel of that hammer and several neighbors on each side =
of
it.   6) The piano is crap and the "last-resort, crap-piano fix" can be
justified, i.e., a little 80-grit applied to the friction point between =
the
hammers--assuming none of the above problems are obvious and worth =
fooling
with.=20
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Check the hammer/string alignment. Has either hammer "drifted" or is it
obvious that each has been hitting, exactly, in its own groove forever? =
If
they are hitting "true" to the grooves, they've probably been rubbing
shoulders for 30 years.
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Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO

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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:56 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: short question on (15-20 year old) Weber console


Hello everyone.
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Question:=20
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A bass hammer is slightly rubbing against an adjacent hammer, so that =
when
the note in question is played the hammer ends up getting stuck, the
majority of time.  It won't return to the rail until the adjacent note =
is
depressed.  I tightened the hammer butt flanges, and the problem still
occurs.  I don't know anything about the history of this piano, but i =
will
say that it looks like it's barely been touched.    Any thoughts?

thank you,
Scott (fledgling technician)=20


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