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Ed, <br><br>
It sounds like the jack is not far enough under the hammer butt and is
escaping too <br>
easily. Similar to a grand that has the jack adjusted too far forward.
Have you tried<br>
the grand type test of holding the hammer in place and then playing the
key with a <br>
little force and seeing if the jack escapes? It shouldn't. <br><br>
Avery <br><br>
At 03:35 PM 3/27/05, you wrote:<br>
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>I'm
stuck. The piano is a Starr Console piano. The C1 note plays,
but only softly. If you play it and the surrounding notes quietly,
it is just fine. Play with more force and the other notes get
louder, the C1 does not. It feels as if the key is bottoming out
before the hammer can reach the string. The let off is
correct. I have removed the front rail felt and tried it that way,
but still feels as if something is impeding the hammer in its
motion. The damper mechanism seems to be fine, the spoon is
adjusted correctly. I removed and replaced the whippen, and hammer,
and all seems to be A-OK. Nothing is broken and the flanges all are
working easily. The backcheck is adjusted all right. It has
been adjusted for lost motion. I don't know what to check
next. Everything seems to working properly and adjusted correctly,
yet something is keeping the hammer from contacting the string with the
proper force. Any ideas????<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Ed Carwithen<br>
Associate PTG<br>
John Day, OR</font></blockquote></body>
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