<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @font-face { font-family: MS Sans Serif; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: = "Times New Roman" } P.Style1 { FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } LI.Style1 { FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Style1 { FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.EmailStyle19 { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: normal; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is a Schafer & Son made by Samick? = I've had a couple Samicks that had the wooden center rail pin hole insert on the = bottom of the key come unglued. Clicked pretty good. 'Twas a toughie to nail down. = Finally tried glue!   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</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"><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: = medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">I am working = on a Schafer & Sons G-3 Grand piano that has two keys that have a = 'clicking' sound.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">The clicking = sound is not there when you play pp but is there with mf and up.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans = Serif'"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">What I did so far:</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Took the = whippens out and visually inspected.  Did not see anything obvious and no = missing felts.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Regulate the = action on those keys ( which were way off prior to inspection = ).</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">The jack is a = little off to one side of the repetition lever window, but not more than many = other keys that dont have a click.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Lifted the = damper up and held it while I played the key..... it still = clicks</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans = Serif'"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">One comment:</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">The click = sounds like a wooden click ( I'm not saying it is, just sounds like it ), but if I = deaden the tricord strings with my finger, the loud click does not = sound.  The hammers do sound a little hard and make a good ' thud ' when they hit = the deadened strings.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans = Serif'"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Does anyone = have any ideas on what could be making the click, and what I could look for ???</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Many thanks to = you all in advance.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">I really = appreciate the opportunity to ask these type questions and get feedback from those = with far more experience than myself.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans = Serif'"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">Dave = McKibben</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>