Puzzler for a quiet Sunday. :-)

[Paul S. Larudee]

Bare spot where fallboard felt should be (for whatever reason)?  Or
contaminated/hardened area of fallboard felt?

Paul S. Larudee, RPT
Richmond, CA

JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:

> Et Al;
>  A few weeks back I had occasion to service a Kawai Grand, don't remember the
> model number, but it was about 6' and aprox a year old and the better line.
> Complaint was:
>  "There is a clicking noise in this key and in the key on either side but not
> as noticable as in this key" and "the noise only happens sometimes and only
> on the upstroke of the hammer" (The customer was a VERY good player:) (the
> keys were A#4, B4 and C4.)
>
>  I tuned the piano, did a little voicing and then addressed the problem of
> the "clicking" by the judicious use of a 'tiny' bit of felt............
> What was the clicking noise?
> What did I do to stop the clicking?
> Have fun! :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)