<!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 style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Tom,</DIV> <DIV>I had that problem with a "same age" Baldwin Acrosonic, only it was in the middle register with just a couple of spoons.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ken Gerler</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tomgorley88@sonic.net href="mailto:tomgorley88@sonic.net">Tom Gorley</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 22, 2011 12:30 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Today's Puzzle</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Were they sluggish with the damper pedal pressed?  Early 1970's Kimballs had spoons with a rough green substance that wore grooves into the damper lever felt.  The spoons got caught up in the grooves they made.  ---Tom Gorley<BR> <DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>On Mar 21, 2011, at 8:48 PM, Dave Swartz wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">My guess it was a Darth Vader figurine...using the force, wedged under the keys. LOL....Ok, I'm thinking this through in my mind's eye :)<BR><BR>Dave Swartz<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:09 PM, John Formsma <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">formsma@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Foreign object of some kind? But that's pretty common. I've pulled all kinds of stuff out that was causing sluggishness. Pencils, playing cards, etc. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I'm assuming they were all sluggish from the same cause, right?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Missing any key punchings? Probably also way too common.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>-- <BR> <DIV>John Formsma, RPT<BR></DIV> <DIV>Blue Mountain, MS</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:44 PM, <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:PAULREVENKOJONES@aol.com" target=_blank>PAULREVENKOJONES@aol.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Balance rail pins too far to the rear, button binding on keystroke.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>P</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/21/2011 9:42:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:adarpub@midrivers.com" target=_blank>adarpub@midrivers.com</A> writes:</DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>It's 34 years since I began servicing pianos, and today I saw yet another first.  Let's see if you can guess what it was.  The last six or seven bass keys were sluggish on an Acrosonic spinet.  The keys were not tight on the balance or front rails, the action was totally free, and the key slip was not butting up against the keys.  Why were the keys sluggish?<BR><BR>Arlie Rauch<BR></DIV>Glendive, MT=</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>