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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 15, 2004 =
5:32
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Sticky note: today's =
puzzler
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Verdana =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12">Ladies and gents, <BR><BR>I've =
recently
encountered a couple of Charles Walter upright pianos with "sticky =
keys."
The notes in question in each case are near the treble/bass =
break.
They do not stick when the damper pedal is depressed. =
<BR><BR>The
problem has been diagnosed and fixed(the second one a bit more rapidly =
than
the first one....), but I'll offer a free subscription to this =
list to
anyone who guesses the answer. <BR><BR>I'm just curious how many of =
you have
encountered this one. <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> You didn't mention =
any noise
associated with this, but I had several (C. 1990?) Walters with the =
spoons
rubbing on the damper rod.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I might be off =
base here as
they really screeched along with hanging the wippen up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Tom =
Driscoll.</FONT></DIV>
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