This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello, I guess you checked the noise of the jacks return on the cushion ? if too much lost motion for some time the cushion is now possibly worn or even unglued on some notes ? if too hard they are a bit noisy yet, if un glued the jack clicks as hell on the hammer flange screw. it is easy to check so I suspect you did. Best of luck Isaac OLEG Entretien et réparation de pianos. PianoTech 17 rue de Choisy 94400 VITRY sur SEINE FRANCE tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90 cell: 06 60 42 58 77 -----Message d'origine----- De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de Z! Reinhardt Envoyé : samedi 10 mai 2003 20:20 À : Pianotech Objet : Re: Bedevilled by a Baldwin yet again 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 ----- From: Piannaman@aol.com To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 10:29 AM Subject: Bedevilled by a Baldwin yet again Hi List, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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....:-} Thanks in advance, Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/67/ac/f2/85/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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