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<DIV>Paul,</DIV>
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<DIV>Let me amend my previoius guess to "backcheck dragging on sticker
wire." The fix? Regulate lost motion?</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/31/05 8:50:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Piannaman@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Was it bridle wire rubbing on backcheck?</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/31/05 8:28:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
skline@peak.org writes:</DIV>
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e=2>Did
the noise happen when the right pedal was down? <BR><BR>I thought of a s=
poon
with a spot of glue on it eating a hole through the damper lever felt, b=
ut
that would probably clack before the hammer hit the string.
<BR><BR>Susan<BR><BR>At 10:29 PM 7/30/2005 -0700, you wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Hi
Guyz-n-Galz:<BR> I had an interesting encounter with=
an
Acrosonic the other day. The customer complained about a
click/squeak noise on some notes, which she clearly noted on a
card. I was unable to hear what she was hearing, but said =
that
if we tuned the piano first, the noise might become more easily
heard. So, I did a double pass tuning, which sounded all right t=
o
me, and asked if she still heard the noise. She played the notes=
which she objected to, and said the sound was still there. We pl=
ayed
around with the notes, until I finally heard something. It was a=
noise, like a faint squeak, that appeared upon release of the key.&nbs=
p; I
was thinking the jack cushion felt on the butt was the culprit, but th=
at
wasn't it. I removed the wooden sticker from the action and afte=
r a
few minutes of fussing around with the wippen, found the source of the=
noise. See if you can guess what the cause (and remedy)
was.&nb!<BR>sp; Hint: the jack had nothing to do with the noise.&n=
bsp;
<BR> <BR>Paul<BR> <BR> <BR>Paul McCloud<BR>San Diego<BR=
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