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<DIV><FONT size=2
face=Arial> My last
guess. Action spread is off and the Rep levers are dragging on the hammer rail
.On firm blow they power through.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I quit
!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Tom D.</FONT></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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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: #632423; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Delwin
D Fandrich</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #632423; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></P>
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Design & Fabrication</SPAN><SPAN
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Washington 98512 USA</SPAN></P>
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