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[Greg Newell]

Ronald R Shiflet wrote:
>
>         I went out as promised to work on my customers brand new grand
> piano.  She complained that A below middle C sticks.  I tired and tried
> but couldn't make it stick.  I played slow, I played fast,
> soft...hard...nothing.  I even tuned the piano but noticed nothing.  As
> I went to leave I told her that I couldn't find it.  Then she said that
> as soon as I left it would start sticking again.  I felt guilty so I
> looked again.  Then I felt a slight heaviness when I slowly pushed the
> key down.
>         I decided to find out if it was in the action or the keybed.  The
> action had no apparent discrepancies.  I decided it was in the key so I
> tested to see if it was in the balance hole or the front mortise.  I
> lifted up at the key and the balance hole felt fine so I pushed the key
> down slowly and then it felt fine.  I was really puzzled so I took the
> action stack off from the key frame.  What did I find?
>
> Ron Shiflet


Glue glob in the mortise?
                      Greg
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