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MS";color:blue'>Replace all the
knuckles. Don’t know why it works; but, it works every =
time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>Ross =
White<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font =
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Joe Garrett<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, September =
09, 2005
8:36 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: suddenly, a =
click</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dean May said: "</span></font>Just wrapping up =
working
on a YC action that has been in my shop about 4<br>
weeks. After assembling it I notice a distinct click when the jacks<br>
reset. It appears some errant chemical vapor from the shop has =
hardened<br>
the jack stop felt causing a slight noise on the reset.<br>
<br>
I'm thinking perhaps a couple drops of water/alcohol/surfactant =
solution<br>
might do the trick to soften the little round piece of felt. =
Anybody<br>
have any input?<font size=2 face=Arial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Dean,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Just finished surveying/tuning/fiddling with a YC =
with the
same darned problem. Made in 1999 and it sounds like a tap dancer!!! =
Yikes! It
is the Jack Regulation Stop Felt. It is way too hard. I perused it and =
all are
the kind of felt that some use for understinging felt or key end felt. =
Waaaayyy
to darned hard. The only solution I can think of is to replace with a =
much
softer punching. Anyone else, have thoughts? BTW, this is a Pramberger =
Series,
that should be better, IMO. I wasn't =
impressed.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br>
Captain, Tool Police<br>
Squares R I</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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