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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a little to much key dip. The jack =
is slapping
the let off rail a bit hard. Maybe the glue on the felt there was over =
done. Did
the clacking start when you took out the lost motion? Sure sign you have =
to much
dip. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Roberts</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 10, 2003 =
7:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bedevilled by a =
Baldwin yet
again</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
5/10/03 7:34:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> =
writes:
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TYPE="CITE">You likely already looked, but are the butt felt squares =
(where
the jack rests upon return under butt) missing or hard?</FONT><FONT =
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face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I looked to see if =
they were
missing, which they weren't. It doesn't sound like a glue sound. =
I
will check for glue spillage, though. The shank to butt assembly =
gluing
was pretty sloppy. They could have glued a whole other set of =
shanks
with the leftovers I see in there. <BR><BR>I should have =
mentioned that
the noise really only occurs on a firmer blow to the key. =
<BR><BR>Thanks,
<BR><BR>Dave <BR><BR>As we all know, sound from pianos are usually
deceptive.</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>