Did you check the bolts holding the rails to the brackets? Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Fisher" <fish@communique.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 3:34 PM Subject: Hammers clacking! Re: Kawai console # M1541410 Model 706-1(I?) The hammers starting in the bass section and all the way to the mid-tenor, make a clacking noise very much like what you hear when bedding a key, but not as loud. It is very uniform but diminishing as it approaches the high tenor and sounds normal in the treble. Normal to me is a soft thumping sound. Again, the sound occurs when the hammer strikes the string on a hard blow (as when tuning). I checked the flange and rail screws which were tight. This is an aluminum rail. I did not check the action bracket support bolts, but I will be back in there in two weeks when I install a couple of strings. I have heard a hammer make a sound like this when the upper glue joint was broken, but it isn't that. What am I missing? Warren Fisher -- Warren Fisher RPT Beginners & Lurkers fish@Communique.net Basic Pianotech discussed 1422 Briarwood Dr. Ask any question. Slidell, LA 70458-3102 fish@gs.verio.net
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