<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Any S-P that I've worked on seem quite well put together, FWIW.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Hammer Shanks loose in heads/butts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Catchers loose in butts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Left over voicing needles</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Key pins hitting the rear of the mortise</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Hey, someone has to guess the obvious.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Okay, never seen it before, eh?  </FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Does it happen on a slow play of the key (when the hammer does not contact the string)?</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Okay, as hammer strikes string, click occurs.  Not all notes, but several.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_ac2b8e2c-6195-4b75-889d-c42e2813e12b> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT><BR> <DIV align=left>I was merrily tuning away on this very nice S-P 118 upright, when I started to notice a clicking.  I was in a customer's home, so it's a good thing I already knew the fix.  Not an ordinary fix, mind you, and I've never seen this problem in any other piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>what it isn't:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>bridle wires</DIV> <DIV>spring noises</DIV> <DIV>loose keyleads </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Guess away, ladies and gentlemen.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<BR><BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<BR>dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<BR><A href="http://dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>