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 >
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