<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Backcheck felt curling upwards?<br><br>Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano<div><a href="http://www.uccipiano.com">www.uccipiano.com</a> </div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jul 16, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Bruce Browning <<a href="mailto:justpianos@gmail.com">justpianos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>What about worn knuckle (roller)?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 July 2011 22:28, Tom Driscoll <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net"><a href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">tomtuner@verizon.net</a></a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I,m reaching ,but capstan-whippen cushion problem ?
Worn cushion ?</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Tom Driscoll</font></div><div class="im">
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(228, 228, 228);"><b>From:</b>
<a title="del@fandrichpiano.com" href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com" target="_blank">Delwin D
Fandrich</a> </div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></a> </div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 16, 2011 2:09
AM</div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] Weekend
puzzler</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:<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">ddf<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;">Delwin D
Fandrich</span><span style="color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;">Piano
Design & Fabrication</span><span style="color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;">6939 Foothill
Court SW, </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;">Olympia,
Washington 98512 USA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;">Phone
360.515.0119 — Cell 360.388.6525</span><span style="color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com</a> </a></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;">—
</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(99, 36, 35); font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com">ddfandrich@gmail.com</a></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Bruce Browning<br>The Piano Tuner<br>
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