<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>first check to see if the click is related to = the key upstop rail alone. key stick alone, is it a damper note? ( that assenbly = alone etc. etc. isolate parts. paper punchings not under felt?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=davespianotuning@earthlink.net href="mailto:davespianotuning@earthlink.net">Dave McKibben</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 29, 2006 = 1:28 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> action clicking sound = </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>I need some wisdom:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am working on a Schafer & Sons G-3 Grand piano that has two = keys that have a 'clicking' sound.</DIV> <DIV>The clicking sound is not there when you play pp but is there = with mf and up.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What I did so far:</DIV> <DIV>Took the whippens out and visually inspected.  Did not see = anything obvious and no missing felts.</DIV> <DIV>Regulate the action on those keys ( which were way off prior to inspection ).</DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV>Lifted the damper up and held it while I played the key..... it = still clicks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One comment:</DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have any ideas on what could be making the click, and = what I could look for ???</DIV> <DIV>Many thanks to you all in advance.</DIV> <DIV>I really appreciate the opportunity to ask these type questions = and get feedback from those with far more experience than myself.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave McKibben</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:DavesPianotuning@earthlink.net">DavesPianotuning@earthlink= .net</A></DIV> <DIV><A = href="http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/">http://www.home= .earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/</A></DIV> <DIV>858-776-2516</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>