<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I missed the beginning of this thread but you can = always take a dremel and take off a bit of the inside of the tail, if you've left = enough wood in the tailing process.  You don't need much to give clearence = so that the tails don't click on the whippen flange.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></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=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 23, 2001 1:52 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wippen/Hammer = Shank Click</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 7/23/01 2:58:30 PM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I have blow distance set at a short 1-3/4" (I would = certainly prefer to not <BR>make it any shorter - this dead-as-a-doornail = piano needs all the hammer <BR>power it can get!), and everything regulates out = real nice so that I end up <BR>with 3/8" dip with 0.025" aftertouch. I am = solving the problem for now by <BR>raising the hammer rest rail just enough = so that the shanks don't click <BR>against the metal piece, but that makes = the hammers rest right on the rest <BR>rail - but it seems better than = the clicking. Any ideas would be <BR>appreciated. <BR><BR>Terry Farrell <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Terry <BR><BR>I have had the same = problem, and your solution seems to be the only one. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>