Hmmm, I stand by what I said, William. I don't think the dampers or damper levers are the source of the problem. But, boy, why not add in my "wrong again" column while I'm at it. "Never right, but always certain"! Paul In a message dated 2/18/2009 8:02:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, bill at a440piano.net writes: That'll teach me to skim an email. I read it the other way around - dampers engaged = sluggish keys. This was not what you wrote, Matthew, my apologies. I'd tend to agree with Dean here, too. William R. Monroe Matthew, I think Dean May has identified the problem. If using the pedal to disengage the dampers from the equation causes the keys to come back up, that is characteristic of a damper spoon hanging up in the damper lever felt. Sometimes the damper spoon gets dirty or corroded, or poorly adjusted, and digs a divot in the felt on the damper lever, then hangs up in it. Engaged dampers would help to overcome most other causes of sluggishness in the action. The problem may be apparent with only the three keys now, but other notes may be worn and ready to cause problems in the near future. Be sure to check them all. You will have to pull the action to get a good look at everything. Good luck! Claude Harding ____________________________________ I had a client call me today with several sticking keys. I understand that diagnosing a sticking key problem over e-mail is next to impossible, but my client gave me some info that I thought possibly some of you, with experiences, might give me a few ideas as to the source of the problem. The piano is a Kimball console. My client says that when she plays the piano while using the damper pedal, nothing is wrong. But when the piano is played without the pedal, at least three keys stay down, and then slowly come up. In fact, she said that when the keys are down, she'll press the damper pedal, and they will return on their own. That is the situation, and if anyone has ideas, I will listen. Thank you in advance, TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 _http://www.toddpianoworks.com_ (http://www.toddpianoworks.com/) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090218/1b049d16/attachment.html>
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