action clicking sound

[Barbara Richmond]

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Don't you just love clicks?   Well, I'd rather deal with clicks than =
buzzes...I think.  :-)  =20

For the longest time, I had a clicking key on MY own piano that didn't =
seem to make noise on pp but did on a louder blow.  That one was a loose =
key lead--I could have sworn it sounded like a loose hammerhead.  =
Another piano had a click that I discovered was excess glue in the front =
key mortise--after I was convinced it was a Teflon problem in a damper =
lever.  Dang, that was a lot of work for nothing---  Neither of these =
would explain deadening the trichord and not hearing it though.

Good luck!

Barbara Richmond, RPT


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  Original message
  From: "Dave McKibben"=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Received: 1/29/2006 12:28:13 PM
  Subject: action clicking sound=20



  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


  DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net
  http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/
  858-776-2516


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