<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> If it's a click AND a clack when you tappet, this is "Car Talk". <br><br>if it's the back of the sharp hitting the fallboard, it could be:<br>-felt/cloth missing from back of notch of cheekblocks<br>-cheek blocks out of position due to loose/missing screws<br>-fallboard out of position due to loose side hinge screws or pivot screws <br><br>or...<br><br>-sharp sticks higher than naturals due to naturals recovered with thicker than original material and thereby hitting (on release) the keystrip which has loose screws and has lowered itself to resting on the sharp key sticks.<br>-sharp dip regulated deep enough for a loose screw on the upstop rail to make it's presence known<br><br>I'll probably think of others three nanoseconds after I send this and/or wake up...<br><br>Conrad Hoffsommer<br><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: jackhouweling@dccnet.com<br>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:05:46 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Clickety clack<br><br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> <style> .ExternalClass .ecxshape {;} </style> <style> .ExternalClass p.ecxMsoNormal, .ExternalClass li.ecxMsoNormal, .ExternalClass div.ecxMsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} .ExternalClass a:link, .ExternalClass span.ecxMsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass a:visited, .ExternalClass span.ecxMsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass span.ecxEmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial;color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in;} .ExternalClass div.ecxSection1 {page:Section1;} </style> <div class="ecxSection1"> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Maybe it was the riffs  and the raffs that caused the clicks and the clacks.</span></font></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Jack</span></font></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p> <div> <div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr align="center" width="100%" size="2"> </span></font></div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>tnrwim@aol.com<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 14, 2011 9:00 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [pianotech] Clickety clack</span></font></p> </div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Are you sure it's a click, and not a clack.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">A clack could as easy as the sharp hitting the fallboard. </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">On a grand, a click could be the damper timing set to low, and the lever hitting the upstop rail.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Wim</span></font></p> </div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></font></p> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Joe Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 5:24 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] Clickety clack</span></font></p> <div id="ecxAOLMsgPart_1_2d49d758-0dae-4c7b-bad8-1ec9ffe6b2a9"> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Awhile back someone mentioned a click they could not find.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Today I found a new one for me. Only the sharps.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">It was caused by?</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<br> <a href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</a><br> <a href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com/" target="_blank">www.mothergoosetools.com</a></span></font></p> </div> <blockquote style="border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color black; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt; margin-left: 3.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt;"> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></font></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>