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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I tend to agree with Patrick, that a hard blow
may have been the culprit...in conjunction with this possiblity. If
the lifter already had a loose fit in the end of the key, it wouldn't be
too difficult, I wouldn't imagine, for it to bounce out...especially if the
whippen center is a bit sluggish and doesn't return all the way (thus keeping
the lifter wire high) as the key returns to rest, or at least returning slower
than the key. I know that the key usually only returns to rest if there is
weight on the key end, but some of those spinet keys aren't balanced so
very great...and on a hard blow, it is conceivable that the key could have tried
to return and the lifter wire couldn't keep up because of the slow
whippen center.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If that wasn't the case, it is possible that the
last time the action was removed, for service, when it was reinstalled in the
piano, that one may have not been seated all the way,
and it worked for a while until they got tired of each other and
decided to part company. I've had to be careful when replacing the lifters
into the key ends (forks or drilled out recesses in end of keys) that they are
seated properly, or they will work themselves out. It's really easy to
miss one when puting everything back together. I'm not sure it was that
way from the factory as one suggested.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Just my two cents!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Richard W. Bushey<BR>Richard's Piano Service<BR><A
href="http://www.RichardsPianoService.com">www.RichardsPianoService.com</A><BR><A
href="mailto:Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com">Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com</A><BR>573-765-9903</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianotune05@hotmail.com
href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">Marshall Gisondi</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> Monday, November 21, 2011 1:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] piano behavior</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Everyone,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3
face=Arial>I went to see the piano with the sticking key today a Primrose
spinet made by Solmer. Turns out it wasn't a sticking key at all.
Somehow the lifter wire and key decided to end their relation ship and go
their seperate ways. So I simply put the lifter wire back into the
key. The question is, how would that even yappen? My customer said
that her kids didn't open the piano. I know I'm probably reaching here,
but I'm just curious. If it's a stupid question, tell me gently lol
:-) Do you guys remember the earth quake we had recently in
Virginia? We had some shaking here in PHilly, so could a little tremmor
bump that lifter wire out of the hole and slot of the key? Or was
it just due to playing? She said that they were on vacation all
sumer, and it was like that when they came back, but I still have
doubts. What do you guys think. </FONT><BR><FONT size=3
face=Arial>Marshall</FONT> <BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall Gisondi Piano
Technician</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall's Piano
Service</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3
face=Garamond>pianotune05@hotmail.com</FONT></EM></STRONG><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">215-510-9400</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG><EM><FONT
size=3 face=Garamond><A href="http://www.phillytuner.com/"
target=_blank>www.phillytuner.com</A> </FONT></EM></STRONG><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for
the Blind <A href="http://www.pianotuningschool.org/"
target=_blank>www.pianotuningschool.org</A> Vancouver,
WA<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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