<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">You say...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">"</FONT><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">It = can be duplicated with the action out, lifting the underlevers by hand. "</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Exactly what do you move?  Are you = turning the rod by hand?  (Does the sostenuto rod attach to the front or = rear action, i.e. does it come out with the rest of it?)  Could it be a = loose sostenuto rod bracket?  One damper dropping before the rest?  = Is the rod binding up as it turns, perhaps?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=spalding48@earthlink.net href="mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net">Michael Spalding</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 15, 2004 = 1:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Kawaii sonstenuto = click</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My favorite piano teacher's Kawaii 500 (5'8", ca. 1970) gets = tuned every 4 months, and often has a surprise puzzle for me.  (the last = one was a mysterious buzz, whcih turned out to be my lost screwdriver blade = sitting on the plate)   Today it was the sostenuto.  When she = plays the Schubert Serenade, with octave bass notes held with sostenuto followed = by staccatto chords above.  As the sostenuto pedal begins to = release, but before it releases the damper underlevers, there is a click.  Sometimes.  Intermittently.  It can be duplicated with the = action out, lifting the underlevers by hand.  It doesn't have to be the = same combination of notes.   I couldn't hear where it was coming from.  I lubricated the pedal, rod, trapwork, monkey pivot, and = blade pivots, which eliminated any background noise allowing her to really = focus on the annoying click, but couldn't find/fix the click.  If I'd had = more time availa! ble, I would have pulled the blade to inspect, clean, and = lubricate it and the tabs.  Any thoughts?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael Spalding</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net">spalding48@earthlink.net</A></DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>