Weber bracket replacement, and associated clicking

Piannaman@aol.com Piannaman@aol.com
Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:43:19 EST


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Hi All,

Just did my first "expanding bracket" replacement today on a Weber WG 60, 
circa 1995 (action spread 113.5mm).  It  was for the most part pretty 
straightforward.  Before I started doing the job, I noticed that there was clicking as 
the hammers rebounded off the rail.  I thought it would be solved when the 
brackets were replaced.

The only problem was that when I got the action spread measured and set, then 
set the blow distance, the clicking was still there.  Turns out they were 
tapping the wippen assist springs as the hammers bottomed out.  

Everything lined up and regulated okay but for this.  Has anybody here had 
this problem on these pianos before and come up with a decent solution?  I 
experimented with the action spread a little bit, but things just did not line up 
the way they're supposed to.  

The hammer tails are pretty thick.  I experimented with shaving off some of 
the undersides so that they would miss the springs altogether, and it seemed to 
do the trick.  

Any ideas on this?  I'm sending my claim form off to Meadowlands Piano 
Service today, so now it's my baby...

Thanks, as always,

Dave Stahl

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