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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Joe,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>The answers are too numerous to
list. You "simply" need to work your way through the action,
troubleshooting. What have you tried so far?? Is this an upright
Young Chang, or a Grand?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>The very first thing I do is try to
isolate the problem to the action stack or the key.
Alternatively, start at the front of the key, and work back into the
action, isolating as much as possible as you go.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>e.g. Support the key at the
rest position, and lift the wippen through its range of motion and return.
Does it seem to work as it should? If yes, then I'll hedge a bet that the
problem is in the keys. If no, then it is usually fairly obvious from
there. You just have to work through it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Best of luck,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>And, Joe, please do not include the
entire pianotech digest in your next post. The archives will thank
you. You might also try and name the subject appropriately. ;-]
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everyone,</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I'm
a relatively new piano tuner (full time for about six months.)</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I
tuned a 5 year old upright Yang Chung this morning.The woman hasn't
played it very much.</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">There
were many "stickey keys." Whatever I tried did not work (I'm still learning
repairs with my teacher.)</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I
would appreciate any suggestions on how to "unstick" the keys.</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV
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