<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=812560421-29012006><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff>I've had a Samick that had loose whipen post. It made that kind of a click. Take = out the whip and wiggle the post. If it's unglued, you'll feel it right away.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=812560421-29012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=812560421-29012006><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff>Marcel Carey</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=fr dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la = part de</B> Dave McKibben<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 29 janvier 2006 15:28<BR><B>À :</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Objet :</B> action = clicking sound<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>