<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3">Damper wire faintly ticking against errant drop of glue inside the damper guide rail bushing?  Ran across this recently in a grand that shall remain nameless... (rhymes with "Scmaldwin", begins with "B". )<BR> <BR> Jim Wilson<BR> Los Angeles Chapter<BR> <BR> <BR> In a message dated 10/5/06 6:18:02 PM, mcpiano@videotron.ca writes:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3">Loose damper sleeve in the damper heads.<BR> <BR> Marcel Carey, RPT<BR> Sherbrooke, QC<BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"> -----Message d'origine-----<BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"><B>De :</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"><B> De la part de</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"> Larry Trischetta<BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"><B>Envoyé :</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"> 5 octobre 2006 16:03<BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"><B>À :</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"> Pianotech List<BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"><B>Objet :</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Tahoma" LANG="0" SIZE="2"> Re: Schulze Pollman Puzzler<BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3">Are there staples in the hammer head? May be causing a click... But then again it's not an easy fix, so how about hammer felt on striking point having rust or some contamination that had to just be filed away?<BR> <BR> Larry Trischetta<BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><I> -------Original Message-------</I></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><I><B> From:</I></B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><A HREF="mailto:piannaman@aol.com"> piannaman@aol.com</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><I><B> Date:</I></B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"> 10/04/06 22:19:02<BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><I><B> To:</I></B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"> pianotech@ptg.org</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><I><B> Subject:</I></B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"> Re: Schulze Pollman Puzzler<BR> <BR> <BR> Sorry Conrad. 1st guess is closest.<BR> <BR> Dave Stahl<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> -----Original Message-----<BR> From: hoffsoco@luther.edu<BR> To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR> Sent: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 7:02 PM<BR> Subject: Re: Schulze Pollman Puzzler<BR> <BR> At 20:08 10/4/2006, you wrote: <BR> > Thanks, Alan, for clarifying my lack of clarity in the post of > this Pollman Puzzler. It occured in the PIANO in the customer's > home. My brain isn't working right after having a 103.5 fever last night. <BR> > <BR> >Okay, as hammer strikes string, click occurs. Not all notes, but several. <BR> > <BR> >Dave Stahl <BR> > <BR> <BR> Loose hammerhead? <BR> Loose backstop? <BR> Hammershank hitting damper head screw? <BR> <BR> <BR> Conrad Hoffsommer <BR> <BR> Early to rise: early to bed; <BR> Makes a man healthy, and socially dead. <BR> <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><A HREF="http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=99000"><BR> </A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"><BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0" SIZE="3"></FONT></HTML>