Was working on a 1971 Currier spinet yesterday, doing a 100+ cent pitch raise and minor repairs. (Yes, icky work, but bills is bills.) F6 wasn't repeating at all during the first pass, so I took some time to figure what was wrong. The note would play once and not repeat unless you really hit the key quite hard. The jack was the problem. It didn't return under the hammer butt ... much like when the jack spring is weak/broken or the flange is too tight. But neither of those were the problem. Key friction wasn't the problem. Wippen friction wasn't the problem either, although I certainly didn't remove the action to check it. :-) What I found puzzling ended up being the clue to solving the problem: lost motion was considerably greater than any of the neighboring keys. Some tools involved in the repair were a Reyburn CyberHammer and a 8" action screwdriver bit (the one with a reduced shank for flange screws). WARNING: the previous sentence will not lead to the solution. It is given only to confuse and bewilder you. Pictures will follow that demonstrate that the repair tools were ones used out of necessity. <G> Good luck! -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091027/842e97ec/attachment.htm>
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