<HTML>Paul, Sounds interesting, but too time consuming(with no  proper compensa= tion in sight!) given my situation.  The piano in question was already = sold, and the person who bought it was not interested in paying more to have= the clicks removed.  She has a five year trade-up option and plans on = trading the Baldwin in before that time is up.  When it gets back into = the store, the corfam will probably be replaced with buckskin(one would hope= ).   Thanks for the tip, though.  I think my quick-fix of increasing let= -off distance did the trick pretty welI, given the circumstances.  No l= asting consequences, either! Dave Stahl n a message dated 5/22/03 7:34:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, pmc303@rico= chet.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px so= lid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dave:<FO= NT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0= ">          &nbsp= ; Yesterday I came up with a nifty idea for getting rid of that disturb= ing click on a Baldwin Hamilton.  The piano had been sold with the prom= ise (!) that I would take care of the noise.  After boldly declaring it= was simply not possible to do without replacing the hammer butts, I swallow= ed my pride and realized the sale would fall through if I didnā€™t do = something quick!   What I did was to place a self adhesive felt do= t (the kind you put under objects you donā€™t want to scratch the surf= ace they sit on) about 3/8ā€¯ diameter on the back edge of the jack ti= p, with the felt just peeking over the tip edge.  The felt is thus on t= he butt side and does move the jack out slightly away from the butt.  Y= ou just want to cushion the leading edge of the jack tip so it doesnā€= ™t make that sound.  The self adhesive barely covers the edge and jus= t a little on the jack top insures the felt will stay there.  Long term= I donā€™t know if this will be permanent, but at least the piano will= stay sold.          &nbsp= ; If you do this repair, I would offer the following procedure to save = you time.  I wasted hours removing each whippen, installing the felt an= d replacing the whippen.   I did two sections until I realized how= it could be done much easier and faster.  I removed all the bridle tap= es, then the letoff rail.  I used an action jig to lay the action face = down.  The jack tips could then be accessed easily.  I used aceton= e to remove the dag from the tips so the adhesive would stick better.=          &nbsp= ; I had to do a little regulating afterwards.  The lost motion wil= l be disturbed, as well as the letoff adjustment.  Most hammers were bl= ocking after I installed the felts.            &nbsp= ; Bottom line is, if you canā€™t soften the butt leather, why not= soften the jack tip (edge)?  Iā€™d have rather had a system to c= ut the edge of the jack and install some kind of rubber, but this would have= taken more time than to replace the butts.          &nbsp= ; FWIW.  Hope it helps.          &nbsp= ; Paul McCloud          &nbsp= ; San Diego </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>