Ron, That describes the situation to a "T". I think Jon's suggestion of putting felt between the keyframe and the keybed might reduce the drumming. Maybe needling the knuckles VS Profelt the whippen heals Softer key end felt. Anymore I left out? Andrew Anderson On Dec 23, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > Andrew Anderson wrote: >> I was called to tune a Baldwin SF yesterday. It tuned up >> beautifully with a nice really clean treble. >> What bothered me was excessive action noise, thumping on every >> key. It started to stand out in the midrange >> so I pulled the action thinking there must be foreign objects or >> bedding issues. No FOs but bedding might be an >> issue, no glides. >> Is this a typical feature of Baldwins or is this likely a bedding >> issue? >> Andrew Anderson. > > I've had them "donk" no matter what I did, usually on release. In > these cases, it wasn't bedding. The keys (or something) would ring > like xylophone bars. Did it in the piano, and on the bench. > > Ron N >
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