Clicking drop screws on a new Steinway

[Avery]

Don't you just LOVE it??????????? >:-}

Avery

At 10:21 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
>No, I'm not sure.  I tried to isolate it and it was difficult to tell.  How
>is it that the knuckles click and what is the remedy?  I did test them to
>see if they were loose, they weren't.  The drop screws, on the other hand,
>were loose enough you could spin them easily with your fingers.
>
>Re your other message, it is disturbing (actually the piano costs $70,000).
>The shanks require repining (all of them were way too loose), and many jacks
>required easing as they were too tight.  It's why I've given up on their
>parts.
>
>David Love
>davidlovepianos at comcast.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of William R. Monroe
>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:57 PM
>To: Pianotech List
>Subject: Re: Clicking drop screws on a new Steinway
>
>David,
>
>Are you sure it's not the knuckles clicking?  Can be very deceptive, and
>I've seen that a number of times.
>
>Regards
>William R. Monroe
>
>
>
> > I have a customer with a brand new S&S B.  The drop screws are very loose,
> > turning with almost no resistance and it appears, as much as I can isolate
> > it, that they are clicking on some notes.  Anyone run into this recently
>or
> > have a simple fix?
> >
> > David Love
> > davidlovepianos at comcast.net