This is correct. The 'ticks' happen "all-on-their-own," perhaps 4 or 5 in a row, kind of like the last few kernels in a bag of micro-popcorn. Not meaning to be difficult, but the sound does really seem to be coming from the reps. It is a very "pin-point" source, as in "tick, there's one, then tick, there's another over here, etc." And to repeat, this happened during trouble-shooting, after lowering the shanks to rest, but without playing a note!? Let my try a different angle; have any of you ever experienced an upright piano where the first time you played a note it ticked, and this happened over a series of notes? I've expereienced this with several instruments, and my hunch was the return spring, either at the coil or at the hook. Nonetheless, I'd never taken the time to trouble-shoot the uprights either. thanks, Mark Cramer Brandon University -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ed Sutton Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:59 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: Yama-help, s.v.p.! Mark- Do you mean this literally? You lowered the shanks to rest, and the action was just sitting there, you were not touching it, and it began to click on its own? Wow! Was it just after the faculty and staff Christmas party? Ed S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Cramer" <Cramer@BrandonU.CA> To: "CAUT" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 6:10 PM Subject: Yama-help, s.v.p.! > > Then, as I lowered the shanks to rest after tefloning the knuckles, the > "clicks" started, spontaneously, one here, one there, etc. (actually more > like 'ticks' than 'clicks') > _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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