<HTML>In a message dated 2/27/03 3:35:41 PM Central Standard= Time, cedel@supernet.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I came across a new one today, = I think.  1983 Everett school model studio piano.  While tuning I would hear a woody-sounding click on nearly every note, very consistent, similar to the sound you get if a jack tip lost its felt.  Nothing I checked seemed to diminish the sound= until I took a length of 1.0mm center pin bushing cloth and held it where it would get sandwiched between the backcheck and the catcher when the key was depressed.  That squelched the noise markedly. </BLOCKQUOTE= > Clyde Did you check the catcher post, that goes into the hammer butt? They sometim= es become loose, which creates a click, or wood to wood sound. WIm </HTML>