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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Check the pinning of both the
wippen and the jack. My suspicion is that one (or both) of those is tight but
when you’re not using the damper pedal the damper lever nudges the spoon to
return the wippen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>dp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>____________________</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan
Barnard<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 01, 2008 3:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Damnper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Nice little Kawai CE-7 in like-new condition, all clean and
well regulated. Customer complains of a key (G2) that sticks. <br>
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1. It does, occasionally, stick but only if you hold down the sustain pedal and
then play the note. <br>
2. The key releases/resets when you lift the sustain pedal.<br>
3. It is NOT the keystick or rail bushings. You can remove the keystick and
still make it fail just lifting the whippen--but only if the sustain pedal is
down. So ...<br>
4. It is not a capstan height issue, either.<br>
5. Examined the damper felt and the spoon, they are like new. Flanges seem
plenty mobile.<br>
6. The damper, itself, does not seem to interfere with its neighbors; nor
does it lift any earlier or later.<br>
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Actually, she would hardly have noticed it, since it only sticks when you
theoretically want the note sounding, anyway; but she overuses the sustain
mightily. (Chord change? What chord change?)<br>
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Any ideas would be appreciated <br>
<br>
Alan Barnard<br>
Stumped in Salem, MO<o:p></o:p></p>
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