Regulation question

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Wed May 31 15:38:58 MDT 2006


John,

I'm assuming you mean bouncing on the rest felt. If this is the case,
the first thing I'd look at is tightness in the hammer flange pinning.

Avery Todd

At 02:39 PM 5/31/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Ed,
>
>Thanks for the reply. I forgot to mention that it apparently doesn't
>happen on every key - would this necessarily change your assessment?
>The action nor the hammers are particularly worn, and it was
>apparently just regulated. The place that did the regulation seemed
>to be saying they couldn't do anything more (which may very well be
>correct). I have been urged to ask on behalf of the owner, who is
>considering what to do about it.
>
>Thanks.
>
>- John
>
>><< What causes a key to "bounce"? In that, when the key is pressed and
>>then it returns there is a little bounce up and down. What can be
>>done to minimise this? >>
>>
>>Greetings,
>>    This is a common symptom of a key with too much lead in it.  You
>>may need
>>lighter hammers and less lead.
>>Regards,
>>
>>Ed Foote RPT



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