I agree. The jack is misfiring on a hard blow where the finger pressure has not established a (granted tenuous) friction connection between the jack top and knuckle. Paul In a message dated 2/27/2009 7:51:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, paul at bruesch.net writes: I'm guessing the jack isn't aligned under the knuckle, and/or rep spring is weak, and/or jack is reg'd above the balancier. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Matthew Todd <_toddpianoworks at att.net_ (mailto:toddpianoworks at att.net) > wrote: I was working on a Baldwin SF10 today. On several of the keys, I could play the note if I put my finger on the key first, then lifted my hand as I played the note. I could play forte or louder this way. But if I struck the key with my finger, the hammer would not go up. Any ideas? If yes, what could be the issue? 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/20090227/0672cc57/attachment-0001.html>
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