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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Warren,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Check for loose setoff rail. =
</FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Also check catcher shanks but I think =
unlikely.</DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Watch for the damper stop rail =
position, and check
the rail screws are tight.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pretty unlikely but possible, keys =
bottoming out on
to the top of front keypins in mortice.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To me the uniformity suggests a rail
loose.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Graeme Harvey</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>New Plymouth</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>New Zealand</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>>: Kawai console # M1541410 Model 706-1(I?)<BR><FONT =
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size=2></FONT><BR>>The hammers starting in the bass section and all =
the way
to the<BR>>mid-tenor, make a clacking noise very much like what you =
hear
when<BR>>bedding a key, but not as loud. It is very uniform but =
diminishing as<BR>>it approaches the high tenor and sounds normal in =
the
treble. Normal to<BR>>me is a soft thumping sound. Again, =
the
sound occurs when the hammer<BR>>strikes the string on a hard blow =
(as when
tuning).<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT><BR>>I checked the =
flange and
rail screws which were tight. This is an<BR>>aluminum =
rail. I did
not check the action bracket support bolts, but I<BR>>will be back in =
there
in two weeks when I install a couple of strings. I<BR>>have heard a =
hammer
make a sound like this when the upper glue joint was<BR>>broken, but =
it isn't
that.<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>>What am I =
missing?<BR><FONT
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