<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>TThatts Itt. <g></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For me not so easy to find as I am a deaf tuner and can not triangulate ( with one ear totally deaf ) where a sound is emanating from.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lowery spinet piano with no stop for the cheek block and the previous tunr 50 years ago had missed the original hole for the screw and made a new hole.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>150C flat two passes solidly at 440</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:25 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Clickety clack</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Joe Goss <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Awhile back someone mentioned a click they could not find.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Today I found a new one for me. Only the sharps.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It was caused by?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com" target=_blank>imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com" target=_blank>www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>I've seen (heard) only the sharps click when the key upstop is warped, or out of its normal place for some other reason. The back edge of the sharps hit the wood of the upstop upon key return. It's not in the keystick, but the sharp itself that causes the noise.<BR><BR> <DIV>As others have mentioned, it could also click on the fallboard of a grand ... for various reasons.<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>John Formsma, RPT<BR></DIV> <DIV>Blue Mountain, MS</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>