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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This maybe obvious but no one has mentioned it so
for is to see if the hammer is supported off of the hammer rest support felt by
turning the capstan up. The rapid key motion should be in route and in
unison with the stack action components otherwise the back check is making
contact with the hammers shoulder and pinching it down. You also might
check the repetition spring and regulate it slightly stronger. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bases-loaded76@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:bases-loaded76@sbcglobal.net">Mark Potter</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 25, 2006 3:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: action reg puzzler on M
& H BB</DIV>
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<DIV>List -</DIV>
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<DIV>The many suggestions for this problem are greatly appreciated! I
just got back in and plan to sneak in an hour or so in the shop tonite to
pursue some of these suggestions. I can say outright that pulley keys
are not the problem, nor is the backcheck loose in the key, and they are
certainly good suggestions, but ones I had already ruled out. The
aftertouch is even thruout, and only these 3 keys act up, so I don't know
about that either, although I will certainly mess with it. The jack is
properly set in the window to just kiss the knuckle at rest (and I did
introduce some lost motion in the process of tracking this down, but it didn't
help), and there is no sign whatsoever of sluggishness from the jack that I
can detect on the bench. The best I can tell in the piano, even when the
key jams (hammer caught on the backcheck on its way up) the jack <U>does
seem</U> to be under the knuckle and trying to push it up. I like Ed F's
suggestion to change out a wippen to aid in the diagnosis, and Ed S's
suggestion to add a bit of felt to the rest cushion. I never thought
to check the way the spring interacts with the insertion point of the
jack, since the jack doesn't SEEM to bind. I'll check it now,
though. Small steps for mankind...</DIV>
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<DIV>I will report any progress or lack thereof. Thanks again for the
suggestions!</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Potter </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>