<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Jack rubbing on the rep window? Because of a bent centerpin. Grabbing at straws here but haven't seen that mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>Avery<br><br>On Jul 16, 2011, at 10:29 AM, "Delwin D Fandrich" <<a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy">Hammer butt felt? This is a concert grand piano. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy">ddf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">Delwin D Fandrich</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#632423"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">Piano Design & Fabrication</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#632423"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#632423">6939 Foothill Court SW, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">Olympia, Washington 98512 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">Phone 360.515.0119 — Cell 360.388.6525</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#632423"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423"><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com"><span style="color:blue">del@fandrichpiano.com </span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">— </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423"><a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue">ddfandrich@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gregor _<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 16, 2011 2:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Weekend puzzler<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hammer butt felt too thin?<br><br>Gregor<br><br>------------------------<br>piano technician - tuner - dealer<br>Münster, Germany<br><a href="http://www.weldert.de"><a href="http://www.weldert.de">www.weldert.de</a></a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" id="stopSpelling"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From: <a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com"><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com</a></a><br>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></a><br>Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:09:28 -0700<br>Subject: [pianotech] Weekend puzzler<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The piano is a 1928 Chickering Model M, Scale 141 (small concert size). The problem is this:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">What is the problem and what caused it?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">ddf</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">Delwin D Fandrich</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">Piano Design & Fabrication</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#632423">6939 Foothill Court SW, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">Olympia, Washington 98512 USA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423">Phone 360.515.0119 — Cell 360.388.6525</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423"><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com"><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com</a> </a>— <a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com">ddfandrich@gmail.com</a></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>