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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Rep lever too low, jack too far under
knuckle, knuckle fabric fibers resisting jack escapement?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Delwin D Fandrich<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, July 15, 2011 11:09
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">pianotech@ptg.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [pianotech] Weekend
puzzler</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>The piano is a 1928 Chickering Model M,
Scale 141 (small concert size). The problem is this:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>As the key is depressed slowly—<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>pianissimo</span></i>—for the first millimeter
or so the key and hammer move smoothly. Then something starts binding, it feels
like something in the action is dragging, holding the key and action back.
After forcing the key down another three or four millimeters action becomes free
and everything operates normally. On a medium to hard blow there is good power
and the problem is hardly noticeable but at <i><span style='font-style:italic'>pianissimo</span></i>
the action will hardly play.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>What is the problem and what caused it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>ddf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#632423" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>Delwin D
Fandrich</span></font><font size=2 color="#632423"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#632423'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#632423" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>Piano Design
& Fabrication</span></font><font size=2 color="#632423"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#632423'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=2
color="#632423" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#632423'>6939
Foothill Court SW</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2 color="#632423"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#632423'>, </span></font><st1:City w:st="on"><font
size=2 color="#632423" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>Olympia</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color="#632423" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">98512</st1:PostalCode> <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:address><font
size=2 color="#632423" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#632423" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>Phone
360.515.0119 — Cell 360.388.6525</span></font><font size=2
color="#632423"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#632423'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#632423" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'><a
href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com </a>— <a
href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com">ddfandrich@gmail.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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