[pianotech] Weekend puzzler

Paul T Williams pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu
Sun Jul 17 13:46:34 MDT 2011


I'm cruising down my email list and was going to guess something, but 
they're dozens of posts!  Before going further, I'm guessing a dead bug 
caught somewhere in the wip.

Paul.  Honestly I have not gone farther down my 200 emails to see what it 
is....






From:
"Delwin D Fandrich" <del at fandrichpiano.com>
To:
<pianotech at ptg.org>
Date:
07/16/2011 11:23 AM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] Weekend puzzler



Nope. But we’re warming up.
 
ddf
 
Delwin D Fandrich
Piano Design & Fabrication
6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA
Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525
del at fandrichpiano.comddfandrich at gmail.com
 
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
Behalf Of Gene Nelson
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:11 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weekend puzzler
 
Rep lever too low, jack too far under knuckle, knuckle fabric fibers 
resisting jack escapement?
 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
Behalf Of Delwin D Fandrich
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:09 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Weekend puzzler
 
The piano is a 1928 Chickering Model M, Scale 141 (small concert size). 
The problem is this:
 
As the key is depressed slowly—pianissimo—for the first millimeter or so 
the key and hammer move smoothly. Then something starts binding, it feels 
like something in the action is dragging, holding the key and action back. 
After forcing the key down another three or four millimeters action 
becomes free and everything operates normally. On a medium to hard blow 
there is good power and the problem is hardly noticeable but at pianissimo 
the action will hardly play.
 
What is the problem and what caused it?
 
ddf
 
Delwin D Fandrich
Piano Design & Fabrication
6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA
Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525
del at fandrichpiano.comddfandrich at gmail.com
 


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