In a message dated 98-06-19 12:38:24 EDT, you write: << 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 Is the hammer rebound rail tight? Does this happen with the action removed? If not, how close is the nameboard, or is the felt not doing the job? Just a couple of ideas. Dave Peake, RPT Portland, OR
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