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<div>William,</div>
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<div>I agree with you about S-Ps being really nicely put together. This is a tiny problem with a quick fix.</div>
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<div>Your first guess is the closest. It happens on most blows above p, and only when the hammer strikes the string.</div>
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<div>Dave Stahl<br>
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From: pianotech@a440piano.net<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 6:44 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Schulze Pollman Puzzler<br>
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<div><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Any S-P that I've worked on seem quite well put together, FWIW.</FONT></div>
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<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>
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<div><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Hey, someone has to guess the obvious.</FONT></div>
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<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>
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<div><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">William R. Monroe</FONT></div>
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<div>Okay, as hammer strikes string, click occurs. Not all notes, but several.</div>
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<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>
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<div>what it isn't:</div>
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<div>bridle wires</div>
<div>spring noises</div>
<div>loose keyleads </div>
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<div>Guess away, ladies and gentlemen.</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<br>
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