<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Noisy Action troubleshooting</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=staff@smithpiano.com = href="mailto:staff@smithpiano.com">staff</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> Sunday, December 05, 2004 = 3:29 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Noisy Action troubleshooting</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Hi All, </FONT><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>This week I will be diagnosing a new, = very noisy, Nordiska grand action for a concerned dealer. </FONT><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Nordiska is Chinese manufactured as you = probably know. </FONT><BR><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Excessive action = noise, present thru whole action, but worse on some keys/sections</FONT> = <FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SNIP></FONT><BR><FONT = face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>. </FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Brad Smith, RPT</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><FONT = face=Arial>    Brad,</FONT></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Another source of = noise is very hard jack regulating punchings (makes noise when all comes to rest.)</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I've replaced under = warranty on some Y.C. and Samicks in the past.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Just one = thought.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll = RPT</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><FONT = face=Arial>    </FONT><BR></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>