Young Chang damper - Clarification

[Michelle Smith]

Me again.   After reading my post, I think I need to clarify one thing.
When lifting the damper levers, I'm talking about lifting the individual
levers off the rail - not lifting the whole rail by hand.  When a group of
the levers are lifted by hand and the pedal is pushed (causing the rail to
move up and down), the crunchy noise is not heard in the area where I'm
holding up the levers.  

 

Are you confused yet?  =)

 

Michelle Smith

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Michelle Smith <mailto:michelle at smithpianoservice.com>  

To: 'Pianotech List' <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>  

Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:51 PM

Subject: Young Chang crunchy damper sounds

 

Hi all.  Customer has a Young Chang grand aprox. 10 years old.  When the
damper pedal is pushed, a "crunchy" sound can be heard in the back action.
The damper levers sit on a rail that is covered with felt.  If I lift the
damper levers with my hands and then push the pedal up and down, the sound
goes away in that section.  

 

Is the rail/tray felt making noise as it rubs on the bottom of the wooden
damper levers or is the sound travelling from somewhere else?  I'm going
back tomorrow and may try to rough up the felt but I wanted to ask y'all
first.  

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

Michelle Smith

Smith Piano Service

Bastrop, Texas

 

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