<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Everyone!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yesterday afternoon I worked on a = Steinway L with teflon action centers.  First time a key was hit, it sounded = arthritic with a noticeable "crick!" but on subsequent blows within the next few = seconds, there were no "extramusical" sounds.  Furthermore, there was considerable resistance but only at the first blow.  Give the = key a break of less than 15 seconds, and it started all over again as if it = hadn't been played at all. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This problem was widespread, and seemed = to be pretty evenly distributed throughout the piano.  My questions = are:  What causes this?  What can be done to correct it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you --</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ann Arbor  MI</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>diskladame@provide.net</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>