Another 'D'

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Mon Feb 4 15:54 MST 2002


Avery.. just a stab in the dark here....

The top of the damper stop rail was the culprit, with to little clearance on top combined with just enough pressure from the pedal system shove it just that hair extra too high ?

Probably way off... but what the hey :)


> List,
>
> I've already corrected this problem but just wanted to see if any
> of you had ever run across this before. I never have and it took
> me a little while to diagnose it.
>
> Anton Kuerti noticed a slight wood type of rattle when the sustain
> pedal was depressed fairly hard. We both could tell it was coming
> from the damper tray area, somewhere.
>
> It wasn't loose screws and the noise seemed to be coming from the
> treble end of the tray area. The piano was rebuilt in 1996 and has
> ALL new parts.
>
> I won't let this little "puzzler" run past Monday if no one gets it
> and how I corrected it. We all have better things to do than play
> guessing games. Don't we? :-)
>
> I just thought it would be a useful thing to know. Just in case........
>
> Regards,
> Avery




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