Maybe I missed it, but did anyone recommend checking for loose knuckles? That is a less common but very noticeable click that often is not heard on pp blows. Seat the knuckle, drop of CA and you're good William R. Monroe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:52 AM Subject: Re: action clicking sound Is a Schafer & Son made by Samick? I've had a couple Samicks that had the wooden center rail pin hole insert on the bottom of the key come unglued. Clicked pretty good. 'Twas a toughie to nail down. Finally tried glue! ;-) Terry Farrell -----Original Message----- 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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