action clicking sound

[Avery]

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Dave,

One thought. Play the note with the "noise", hold the key down & lift 
that damper. Does it click? If so, it's the upstop rail being too 
high & is clicking on the sostenuto rod. I've had a LOT of this kind 
of problems with Kawai's!

Avery

At 02:28 PM 1/29/2006, you wrote:

>I need some wisdom:
>
>I am working on a Schafer & Sons G-3 Grand piano that has two keys 
>that have a 'clicking' sound.
>The clicking sound is not there when you play pp but is there with mf and up.
>
>What I did so far:
>Took the whippens out and visually inspected.  Did not see anything 
>obvious and no missing felts.
>Regulate the action on those keys ( which were way off prior to inspection ).
>The jack is a little off to one side of the repetition lever window, 
>but not more than many other keys that dont have a click.
>Lifted the damper up and held it while I played the key..... it still clicks
>
>One comment:
>The click sounds like a wooden click ( I'm not saying it is, just 
>sounds like it ), but if I deaden the tricord strings with my 
>finger, the loud click does not sound.  The hammers do sound a 
>little hard and make a good ' thud ' when they hit the deadened strings.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas on what could be making the click, and 
>what I could look for ???
>Many thanks to you all in advance.
>I really appreciate the opportunity to ask these type questions and 
>get feedback from those with far more experience than myself.
>
>Dave McKibben
>
>
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