<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0p= x 10px 10px; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" text=#00005= b bgColor=#eff3f7 background=cid:6D0E4148-87B5-11D7-B139-00C0F04DBCA2= scroll=yes SIGCOLOR="0" X-ADF="0" X-AD="C3C52140-4147-11D4-BA3D-= 0050DAC68030" X-APF="1" X-AP="6486DDE0-3EFD-11D4-BA3D-0050DAC68030" X= -ANF="0" X-AN="6486DDE0-3EFD-11D4-BA3D-0050DAC68030" X-ASHF="1" X-A= SH="ANIM3D00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000" X-ASNF="0" X-ASN="ANIM3D0= 0-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000" X-FVER="2.0" X-FID="BA285063-5BCE-11D4= -AF8D-0050DAC67E11" X-FIT="Letter" X-FCOL="Elegant Paper" X-FCAT="E= legant Paper" X-FDIS="Rice Fields" ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-F= AMILY: Arial" vAlign=top width="100%"> <DIV>Hi Norm,</DIV> <DIV>Heres a little thought that might help... If the damper lever i= s moved away from the spoon when the hammer is in check (whethe= r by hand or with the lift rod) it has no effect on anything else in the = action (unless it's hitting a neighboring damper) and could never affect = the whippen or anything connected to the whippen unless it actually held = the spoon in some manner like a burr in the spoon catching (hol= ding) the lever felt just enough to prevent the hammer to drop... but I t= hink that the force holding the spoon to the lever has to be greater= than the downward force of the hammer and whippen. The burr in the spoon= has to be holding the felt pretty good to counter the hammer & whipp= en falling... maybe it's a VERY small nick in the spoon but enough to cat= ch the felt 1 out of 50 times. I'd try polishing the spoon and treating t= he lever felt and see what happens after 51 times. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry Trischetta, Pocono NE  Chapter<BR> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> Thursday, Ma= y 15, 2003 00:59:32</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> A New Tro= uble</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>I ran into a new one today. A brand new Henry F. Miller = grand that probably was not prepped at the store. I did ease all the keys= as many bushings were tight and quite a few balance hole tight as well. = After all of that, I still had a sticking key. It was C3, (3rd key from t= he top of the bass), that would stick but only on occasion. It might play= 30 to 50 times normally, and then stick down with the hammer in check on= the backcheck. I then discovered that by slowly pressing the damper peda= l, the hammer would release from the backcheck and then with a little mor= e movement of the damper pedal, everything would drop back to normal. The= hammer and the backcheck look okay. I believe that the key end and the d= amper underlever are somehow sticking but could find nothing out of the w= ay like a burr or something. The key does lift a spoon on the damper unde= rlever and the felt on the key and the spoon look very good. Looking for = ideas.<BR><BR>Norm Barrett<BR>Memphis chapter<BR><BR>____________________= ___________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A href="http://www= .ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech">http://www.ptg.org/mailman/listinf= o/pianotech</A><BR>. </TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><SPAN dir=ltr><F= ONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>______________________= ______________________________<BR><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><= A href="http://www.incredimail.com/redir.asp?ad_id=309&lang=9">= <IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:6D0E4147-87B5-11D7-B139-00C0F04DBCA2"= align=baseline border=0></A>  <I>IncrediMail</I> - <B>Email has= finally evolved</B> - </FONT><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/redir= .asp?ad_id=309&lang=9"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>= <B><U>Click Here</U></B></FONT></A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>