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<DIV><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Be it
a"click" or a "tick" Ken?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I
would look at the jack for "clicks," however, if it's a "tick,"
then</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2> as Wim suggests, it may be the repetition spring
slot:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Make a
"J-shaped tool out of a wire-mute handle (Fred shared this in past), or
doubled-up heavy guage music wire so you can reach inside the slot =
(dislodge the
spring first) and clean the slot. (make the radius of the hook so the =
tool
"finds" the slot blindly) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>From
my experience though, there doesn't need to be gunk in the slot to
make a "tick." The spring itself can wear a very tight rut, =
enough
to catch on.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>In
this case, you want a tool that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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is rounded,
smooth, and of larger diameter than spring-wire. You will "burnish" the =
slot to
renew a rounded, friendlier path for the spring.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>bon
chance!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Mark
Cramer</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=240372321-24012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Brandon University</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ken =
Zahringer<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Monday, January 24, 2005 2:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University
Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Funny =
Noises<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face=Garamond><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Hello, =
all,<BR><BR>I’m working on
a Steinway D here and it has some clicks in it that are stubbornly =
resisting
my best efforts to eliminate them. This is a 1970 vintage piano =
that has
some level of action rebuild done in 1993 (before my time). Some =
of this
work wasn’t done particularly well, so over semester break I put new =
Renner
shanks & flanges and Ronsen hammers on it. It turned out =
very nice,
but there are five notes in the low treble that click when played. =
It
initially sounded like the click happens at hammer impact, but I think =
it
might be triggered by the end of keystroke. The click seems to =
be in the
wippen, since when I pull the action and lift the hammer out of the =
way, I
still get a click, but if I hold the wippen up and strike the key, I =
get no
click. It doesn’t appear to be jack top hitting anything, but =
I can’t
find the source of the noise. This is particularly frustrating =
because
I’m usually pretty good at diagnosing this sort of thing. =
I’m getting
this piano ready for a concert this Friday, so I’m beginning to be a =
little
anxious. Any experience, ideas, or wild speculations out
there?<BR><BR>Ken Z.<BR>-- <BR>Ken Zahringer, RPT<BR>Piano
Technician<BR>University of Missouri School of Music<BR>297 Fine Arts
Bldg<BR>Columbia, MO 65211<BR>573-882-1202<BR>cell
573-489-7529<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>