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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've cleaned and prepped my share of =
old Baldwin
studio pianos and besides all the normal action noise, I've noticed =
that the
catcher and hammer butt glue joint is sometimes loose. It will =
almost
sound like a loose hammer, and is genererally only heard with a =
medium to
hard blow. That's something you might want to =
check.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Foster</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Auburn Hills, MI</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@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> Saturday, May 10, 2003 =
10:29
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bedevilled by a =
Baldwin yet
again</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi List, =
<BR><BR>I
was going to list this as "Today's Puzzler," only that wouldn't be =
fair,
because I don't have an answer yet...:-( Hopefully, with a =
little more
tweaking, and some good advice from this great resource, I can come =
up with
one. <BR><BR>A friend of mine bought a 70's Baldwin Hamilton Studio =
from a
local dealer. I went out to do the free tuning/service call, =
and found
that the piano had basically not been seviced at all in the shop. =
It
was a quick in-and-out deal. The piano was filthy inside, =
really out
of tune, had plenty of lost motion, and had lots of action noise.
After a bit of regulating and a tuning, the piano sounded and =
played
much better--except for the clacks. <BR><BR>This is a corfam era =
piano, but
I know that sound: this is not it. What I'm hearing is almost =
like a
jack or hammer shank slapping on something. I think I've got =
it
isolated to the whippen. Last night I took the action out and
tightened every action screw in sight(and some hidden ones). =
They were
definitely on the loose side. Put the action back in, and the
clacking/clicking was still there. <BR><BR>If I had much hair left, =
I'd be
pulling it out by now...any suggestions as to what this might be =
would be
extremely helpful. I guess I'm a Bald-whiner. <BR><BR>This =
comes a day
after tuning a 90's Baldwin that has hammers that make granite seem =
soft
where I couldn't get a clean unison on isolated single strings in =
the
temperament....:-} <BR><BR>Thanks in advance, <BR><BR>Dave =
Stahl</FONT>
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