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<div>No, this was a weird one. I'll let y'all stew on it for a day (unless someone gets it, of course).</div>
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<div>Reminds me of the old Q and A: </div>
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<div>Q: "How do you keep a turkey in suspense?"</div>
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<div>A: "I don't know, how do you do it?"</div>
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<div>Q: "I'll tell you later..."</div>
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<div>Well, it is almost Thanksgiving.... </div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<br>
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From: pmc033@earthlink.net<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 9:34 PM<br>
Subject: RE: a puzzler....at least for me<br>
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<div>White keys hitting the keyslip because it's too close, make clicking sound. Resistance as the keys rub on the way down.</div>
<div>?????????????</div>
<div> Paul McCloud</div>
<div> inSane Diego</div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('pianotech@ptg.org', '');">pianotech@ptg.org</A></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 10/20/2006 8:58:58 PM </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> a puzzler....at least for me</div>
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<div> List,</div>
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<div>Action clicks have been costing me time of late. I had yet another click today. The piano is a Kawai K-30 upright. </div>
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<div>On hammer blow, there's a click, as well as some resistance late in the key stroke. This was happening on many notes in the middle section of the piano. I thought I'd cured the problem at my last visit when I regulated the backchecks to catch the hammers sooner. I found more clicking today, though. I was determined to find the cause rather than to try to treat the symptoms. </div>
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<div>What it isn't: </div>
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<div>jack hanging up or hitting anything it isn't supposed to</div>
<div>loose hammer head or shank</div>
<div>loose catcher or shank</div>
<div>loose anything</div>
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<div>Some of you long-time techs should get this one in a hurry. It was a new one on me, though.</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<br>
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Dave Stahl Piano Service<br>
650-224-3560<br>
dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br>
http://dstahlpiano.net/<br>
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