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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>OOOOPS,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I just read the post that stated the problem
was on the bench also. And I was so sure I had the correct answer !
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<DIV>Tom D.----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=tomtuner@verizon.net href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">Tom
Driscoll</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> Saturday, July 16, 2011 4:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Weekend
puzzler</DIV>
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<DIV>Forget my last guess.<BR> I think it's the sostenuto tabs engaging
the rod on the way up . On a hard blow they power through. On a light blow
they drag and the resistance is felt at the key.<BR><BR>Tom Driscoll<BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 07/16/11,
<SPAN>Mark Schecter<<A
href="mailto:mark@schecterpiano.com">mark@schecterpiano.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV>Side of knuckle dragging on next repetition lever? Caused by knuckle
squishing <SPAN
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class=Apple-style-span>sideways combined with bad travelling on the adjacent
wippen?</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><BR>-- Mark Schecter
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<DIV><BR>On Jul 16, 2011, at 1:09 AM, "Delwin D Fandrich" <<A
class=parsedEmail href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com"
target=_blank>del@fandrichpiano.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The piano is a 1928
Chickering Model M, Scale 141 (small concert size). The problem is
this:</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">As the key is
depressed slowly—<I>pianissimo</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>pianissimo</I> the
action will hardly play.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What is the problem
and what caused it?</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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