<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Don't you just love clicks?   Well, = I'd rather deal with clicks than buzzes...I think.  :-)   = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>For the longest time, I had a clicking key on MY = own piano that didn't seem to make noise on pp but did on a louder blow.  = That one was a loose key lead--I could have sworn it sounded like a loose hammerhead.  Another piano had a click that I discovered was excess = glue in the front key mortise--after I was convinced it was a Teflon problem in = a damper lever.  Dang, that was a lot of work for nothing---  = Neither of these would explain deadening the trichord and not hearing it though.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Good luck!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Dave McKibben" <DAVESPIANOTUNING@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>To: Pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 1/29/2006 12:28:13 PM<BR>Subject: = action clicking sound <BR><BR> <P> <DIV align=left>I need some wisdom:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am working on a Schafer & Sons G-3 Grand piano that has two = keys that have a 'clicking' sound.</DIV> <DIV>The clicking sound is not there when you play pp but is there = with mf and up.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What I did so far:</DIV> <DIV>Took the whippens out and visually inspected.  Did not see = anything obvious and no missing felts.</DIV> <DIV>Regulate the action on those keys ( which were way off prior to inspection ).</DIV> <DIV>The jack is a little off to one side of the repetition lever = window, but not more than many other keys that dont have a click.</DIV> <DIV>Lifted the damper up and held it while I played the key..... it = still clicks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One comment:</DIV> <DIV>The click sounds like a wooden click ( I'm not saying it is, just = sounds like it ), but if I deaden the tricord strings with my finger, the = loud click does not sound.  The hammers do sound a little hard and make a = good ' thud ' when they hit the deadened strings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have any ideas on what could be making the click, and = what I could look for ???</DIV> <DIV>Many thanks to you all in advance.</DIV> <DIV>I really appreciate the opportunity to ask these type questions = and get feedback from those with far more experience than myself.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave McKibben</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net">DavesPianotuning@earthlink= .net</A></DIV> <DIV><A = href="http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/">http://www.home= .earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/</A></DIV> <DIV>858-776-2516</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>