Midnight Puzzler

[Brian Lawson]

> Problem: Keys in the treble sticking occasionally and not always the same
> key(s).
>
> Symptoms: Key bushings were free and clear, balance holes were loose
almost
> pully, whippen and hammer flanges free to very minor friction, sticking
> problem only in treble area but there was a 'slight' occasional ticking
noise
> on every key throughout the scale. The problem seemed to disappear with
the
> action out of the piano, and before the cheek blocks and fallboard were
> reinstalled.
>
> Question: What it was? :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)

The absurd answer - a mouse under the keys, when you pulled out the action
the mouse fell out :)

Brian Lawson
PTG Assc, MPT.
Johannesburg, South Africa