<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Ron Nossaman" <</FONT><A href="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>RNossaman@cox.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:52 = PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: puzzler - = not</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><FONT color=#000000> = Finally, I slightly bent the stem on which the silicone finger is mounted <BR> = so that there would always be some side pressure on the slug when the = coil <BR> was energized, put the action in, ran the test, and the click was = gone... <BR> for now.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><FONT color=#000000><BR></FONT><EM> Some "plungers" expand..due to = heat, and will bind in the "yoke".</EM></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><BR><FONT color=#000080><FONT color=#000000> This hasn't = been a common problem for me with these units, so I haven't <BR>worked out an optimal = fix. Does anyone out there have a more elegant <BR> approach that I = should have taken instead of what I did?<BR></FONT><BR> <EM>Remove the plunger. = Place the stem of the plunger in a hand drill,</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080><EM>holding a piece of 400 emery cloth, place = the plunger in your hand , wrapped</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080><EM>in the cloth and reduce the size = "carefully" until the plunger moves effortless</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080><EM>in the yoke.  Good = luck.</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Moffatt & Sons Piano<BR>2323 - Lincoln = Drive S.W.<BR>Calgary, Alberta - Canada<BR>403.243.0385<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:moffatt5@telus.net">moffatt5@telus.net</A></FONT></DIV></B= ODY></HTML>