<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>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></BODY></HTML>