>I tuned a 10 year old 5'8" Kimball, Vianese edition grand a couple of days >ago, and the customer complained about a noisy action. The noise I heard was >when the hammer rest rail is loose. But upon inspection, I found it to be >related to the knuckle and the jack. > >As far as I could determine, the clacking sound was created when the knuckle >hit the top of the jack, yet both the knuckle and the jack are not loose. > >The material of the knuckle did not appear to be buckskin, but it was not >hard. > >Is there something else I am missing, or has this been a problem with >Kimbaldorfers? > >Willem Blees RPT >St. Louis Are you sure it's not the jack hitting the felt in the window and the felt is hardened from a poor glue job or missing? That can make a lot of noise. ab Anne Beetem Harpsichords & Historic Pianos 2070 Bingham Ct. Reston, VA 20191 abeetem@wizard.net
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