Weber bracket replacement, and associated clicking

[David Ilvedson]

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Make sure there isn't too much space between the hammer shanks=
 and the rest rail. 
David I.

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From: <Piannaman@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:43:19 EST
Subject: Weber  bracket replacement, and associated clicking

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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