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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know your are not suspecting corfam, =
but at this
point, it would not be too much trouble to pull one hammer and change =
the butt
buckskin. Put it back, does it still click? You might be =
surprised.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kpiano@goldrush.com =
href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">Keith
Roberts</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> Saturday, May 10, 2003 =
10:01
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bedevilled by a =
Baldwin yet
again</DIV>
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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="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
lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3
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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> =
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