<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nomenclature police here--What the heck = is a thump rail ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Fall strip = felt?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll</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"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Today's = Puzzler</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Thump rail felt loose, catching on keytop?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter<BR><BR><B><I>Phil Bondi <<A href="mailto:phil@philbondi.com">phil@philbondi.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid">This is more for the benefit of the newcomers to the field..but you = <BR>seasoned grizzled vets may chime in I suppose..<BR><BR>The piano was 85 miles = away..one way..don't ask, but it tuned <BR>fine..client was happy = when I was done, and away I go.<BR><BR>I'm not more than 5 miles away and I get = a call saying that middle C is <BR>sticking and it wasn't sticking = before..yea, and it didn't stick on me <BR>when I was tuning = either..weird.<BR><BR>It's a console piano, and its manufacturer is insignificant..so..why did = <BR>Middle C stick after I was done tuning it?<BR><BR>Here is your only clue: = the cause of the problem was in no way directly <BR>related to any action = parts..and it's not as obvious as you think, you <BR>grizzled vets! I happen to = catch it instantly..I got lucky.<BR><BR>-Phil = Bondi(Fl)<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>p= ianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOT= E></BODY></HTML>