At 03:32 1/28/2007, you wrote: > The most probable things would be: a loose wippen flange > screw, glue on >the butt felt, or missing butt felt. Another possibility is glue on the >key stop rail or bottom of fallboard. Or, as someone else suggested, the >butt "leather" is hard Corfam that needs to be replaced with leather or >Ecsaine (or is it Escaine?). Sometimes the jack spring makes a little >click, but not usually audible with the front panel back on. If it's more >of a clunk than a click, that could be an ovalled-out balance pin hole >("pulley" key, or key "chucking.") > --David Nereson, RPT > >-----Original Message----- >Hello List. > >Last night I tuned a 20 year old Baldwin upright. Nice piano, generally. >However, three keys had an annoying click when releasing the key. It >doesn't matter how hard or soft the key is played, even if you press the >key >so slowly it doesn't even touch the string, when you release, it clicks >when >released. I have looked at everything I can think of to find it, and was >just about to pull the action when the customer said they had to go >somewhere, so we'll take care of it next week. Repreieve. Can you give >me >some ideas for things to look for? Let me know if you need more >information >for a DD (Distance Diagnosis). > >Thanks so much, > >Arlin Hall Baldwin 243s used to have a problem with the bridle wire hitting the back of the fallboard, or the fall hinge rod. Pull the fall out just a bit and see if the sound goes away. Conrad Hoffsommer Early to rise: early to bed; Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.
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