[pianotech] Today's Puzzle

[Joe Goss]

finger slip
touching
Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Goss" <imatunr at srvinet.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Today's Puzzle


> Keys warped and toughing at the back under the capstans?
>
> Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
> imatunr at srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Arlie Rauch" <adarpub at midrivers.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 8:14 PM
> Subject: [pianotech] Today's Puzzle
>
>
> It's 34 years since I began servicing pianos, and today I saw yet another 
> first.  Let's see if you can guess what it was.  The last six or seven 
> bass keys were sluggish on an Acrosonic spinet.  The keys were not tight 
> on the balance or front rails, the action was totally free, and the key 
> slip was not butting up against the keys.  Why were the keys sluggish?
>
> Arlie Rauch
> Glendive, MT
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