<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Hhhmmm,,,,,,,,,, I = wonder if the glue joint between the lower leg and the upper leg is a bit loose. You = could check it by just rocking the piano a bit. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Now the really big = question is: how do you fix that?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=WallyTS@compuserve.com = href="mailto:WallyTS@compuserve.com">Wallace Scherer</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 27, 2002 1:40 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tick, tick, tick</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>No, this isn't a bomb. It's a question about a "tick, = tick, tick" sound<BR>that comes from a polyester finish Wurlitzer baby grand = piano as the<BR>(heavy) owner walks by on the wooden floor. She also = complains that it does<BR>it when she plays fast, loud pieces (where the piano would = move a bit). She<BR>says she is not going to pay any money for any work on = the piano (tuning is<BR>past due) until this problem is fixed.<BR><BR>Three = different technicians have tried to fix it by tightening leg bolts,<BR>putting = felt between the leg and the body, and generally checking things to<BR>see = where else it could be. (Seems to be the legs)<BR><BR>I know that these high = gloss finishes can cause problems where two pieces<BR>come together - like = benches. But the Baldwin company tech wasn't familiar<BR>with the = problem.<BR><BR>Have any of you found similar problems you were able to fix? How?<BR><BR>** = Please answer me privately as I am not signed on to the list. = **<BR><BR>Wallace T. Scherer, Piano Technician, Music Educator<BR>P.O. Box 4121, Lantana, = Florida, 33465 (561) 432-4121<BR>Web page: <<A = href="http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune">http://www.angelfire.com= /biz6/afinetune</A>><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>