---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment My guess- The hammers, now shorter, have to travel farther to hit the strings. The flange, with its loop/spring, allows only enough movement for the full size hammer to reach the strings. The butt spring bottoms on the butt, because the loop is too small. So, now, the hammer and butt assy.'s won't allow full travel, and it prevents the hammers from reaching the strings. The fix: You need a larger loop on the flange. Or regulate the hammer blow (move the rail forward and adjust the capstans). Am I close? Paul McCloud San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe And Penny Goss To: joegarrett@earthlink.net;Pianotech Sent: 10/28/2005 8:04:03 PM Subject: Re: Today's Puzzler Spoons are hitting the sustain rod. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Garrett To: pianotech Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 8:35 PM Subject: Today's Puzzler<G> O.K. kiddies, here's a puzzler for you: 70's Yamaha Console, just did flange replacement due to bad hammer spring cords. In the process, the hammers were surfaced. The action was cleaned, tightened and lubed. All hammer butt center pins were checked and put into specs. Reinstalled action, did minor regulation to get everything smooth. Adjusted pedals. Tightened Bench.<G> 8 year old pianist complains that certain notes do not make a sound when the sustain pedal is pressed and she is trying to play softly. Checked the piano for this malady. Sure enough, on soft blows with the sustain pedal engaged, many notes do not hit the strings! Hmmmmmm?!!!!! Whatchathink???? Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7e/87/b6/65/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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