Ken, If you need to convince yourself, take the fake stuff off one or two hammer butts and replace it with leather. If the clicks disappear, you found the culprit. That's what I did. Clyde Hollinger DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote: > > In a message dated 8/14/99 7:29:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > kenrpt@mail.cvn.net writes: > > << List, > I have a client with an 80's Hamilton that clicks on a forte blow on some > keys. I checked for the obvious, loose hammer heads, shanks, catchers, > flanges, etc., and couldn't find anything. The piano has the synthetic > leather that is the black stuff, not the Corfam (sp?). Some of the hammer > butt leather has come unglued at the top, which I imagine can slap the wood > occasionally causing a click, though not all of the notes that click have > this. I heard from another tech that the synthetic leather can click like > this, even though it feels gooey and sticky to the touch. Is this true? Can > that black 'leather' cause clicks just by being what it is? > Ken Jankura RPT > South Central PA Chapter > >> > > The synthetic leather is just what it is: fake. Somehow the jack is getting > through to the wood of the hammer butt and makes a click. Changing the butt > leather to real leather will eliminate the clicks. I had a hard time > believing it too but when I did the job the clicks were history. > > Dave Peake, RPT > Portland Chapter > Oregon City, OR
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