This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Check for ... loose hammerheads loose catchers loose let-off buttons loose damper heads (incredible how much noise a loose collet in the = damper head can make) glue slobber on the jack stop rail glue slobber on the damper stop rail Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Piannaman@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 10:29 AM Subject: Bedevilled by a Baldwin yet again Hi List,=20 I was going to list this as "Today's Puzzler," only that wouldn't be = fair, because I don't have an answer yet...:-( Hopefully, with a little = more tweaking, and some good advice from this great resource, I can come = up with one.=20 A friend of mine bought a 70's Baldwin Hamilton Studio from a local = dealer. I went out to do the free tuning/service call, and found that = the piano had basically not been seviced at all in the shop. It was a = quick in-and-out deal. The piano was filthy inside, really out of tune, = had plenty of lost motion, and had lots of action noise. After a bit of = regulating and a tuning, the piano sounded and played much = better--except for the clacks.=20 This is a corfam era piano, but I know that sound: this is not it. = What I'm hearing is almost like a jack or hammer shank slapping on = something. I think I've got it isolated to the whippen. Last night I = took the action out and tightened every action screw in sight(and some = hidden ones). They were definitely on the loose side. Put the action = back in, and the clacking/clicking was still there.=20 If I had much hair left, I'd be pulling it out by now...any = suggestions as to what this might be would be extremely helpful. I = guess I'm a Bald-whiner.=20 This comes a day after tuning a 90's Baldwin that has hammers that = make granite seem soft where I couldn't get a clean unison on isolated = single strings in the temperament....:-}=20 Thanks in advance,=20 Dave Stahl=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e0/bf/4b/1e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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