[pianotech] (no subject)

Gary Doudna doudna440 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 22 14:22:13 MST 2010


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
>
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>
> ---------- 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
>
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