Puzzler

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi David:

Were the rep levers hitting the hammer rail? Action spread problem.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, David ilvedson wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> Puzzler...
> 
> Feurich Grand, 6'6".  Customer complains of clatter when 
> playing.  He demonstrated by just pushing a handful of keys down 
> a bit and releasing them and what a noise.  The noise from key 
> release was very noisy, well beyond what we might live with.  I 
> pulled the action and didn't find anything in the piano like 
> pencils etc.  The former dealer tuner, who had been taking care 
> of the piano since the sale of a few years before, had not been 
> able to fix the problem and in desperation had moved up the 
> hammer rest rail so the the hammers were resting on the rail.  I 
> moved the rail down and checked the blow distance...that was OK.
> No difference in the clatter.  I was stumped until I noticed 
> something with the hammer, shanks & flanges up. 
> Any ideas about what I had to do to fix the problem...
> 
> 
> 
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA
> ilvey@jps.net
>