This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment You say... "It can be duplicated with the action out, lifting the underlevers by = hand. " Exactly what do you move? Are you turning the rod by hand? (Does the = sostenuto rod attach to the front or rear action, i.e. does it come out = with the rest of it?) Could it be a loose sostenuto rod bracket? One = damper dropping before the rest? Is the rod binding up as it turns, = perhaps? --Cy Shuster-- Rochester, MN ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Spalding=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:47 PM Subject: Kawaii sonstenuto click List, My favorite piano teacher's Kawaii 500 (5'8", ca. 1970) gets tuned = every 4 months, and often has a surprise puzzle for me. (the last one = was a mysterious buzz, whcih turned out to be my lost screwdriver blade = sitting on the plate) Today it was the sostenuto. When she plays the = Schubert Serenade, with octave bass notes held with sostenuto followed = by staccatto chords above. As the sostenuto pedal begins to release, = but before it releases the damper underlevers, there is a click. = Sometimes. Intermittently. It can be duplicated with the action out, = lifting the underlevers by hand. It doesn't have to be the same = combination of notes. I couldn't hear where it was coming from. I = lubricated the pedal, rod, trapwork, monkey pivot, and blade pivots, = which eliminated any background noise allowing her to really focus on = the annoying click, but couldn't find/fix the click. If I'd had more = time availa! ble, I would have pulled the blade to inspect, clean, and = lubricate it and the tabs. Any thoughts? thanks Mike Michael Spalding spalding48@earthlink.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0a/a7/4e/3f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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