Most of these I've ruled out. The sound is similar to a key, struck hard, that had a thin card punching on the f.r., however, the sound itself, is in the action. On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:34 PM, pgmilkie at juno.com <pgmilkie at juno.com>wrote: > Tighten the screw on the action, hammer but screws, wippen screws. Check if > hammer heads are loose or catchers. Check the bridal strap wires, are they > clicking against their neighbor. > > > Paul Milkie > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Gary Doudna <doudna440 at gmail.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] (no subject) > Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:59:57 -0600 > > The other day, I did a 65 cent pitch raise on a W........ console.� Will > return in two weeks to retune.� In tuning, I noticed a slapping sound�in�the > action when I did test blows, actually any blow in the forte (f) range.� The > dip was a little excessive, but the sound definitely was coming from the > action area, not from the keys.� I checked with dampers off strings, also > didn't see slapping jacks, and the action brackets were low and tight.� The > sound was somewhere between a paper and a wood sound.� Any ideas? > Thanks,�� Gary > > -- > Doudnas > PO Box 68 > Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 > Doudna440 at gmail.com > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > *Mortgage Rates Hit 2.67%!* > If you owe under $729k you probably qualify for Gov't Refi Programs > <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/4cead3ef6a08c323266st05duc> > SeeRefinanceRates.com<http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/4cead3ef6a08c323266st05duc> > -- Doudnas PO Box 68 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 Doudna440 at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101122/9bf7b475/attachment.htm>
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