<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">Dave,<br> <br> Did you...<br> <br> check for any loose action screws?<br> check for loose pinning?<br> check for a loose hammer head?<br> <br> I saw a Young Chang grand with hard knuckles with such a click.<br> <br> John Formsma<br> </font></font><br> Dave McKibben wrote: <blockquote cite="mid380-22006102920281331@earthlink.net" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Context-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <p></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/%7Edavespianotuning/">http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/</a></div> <div>858-776-2516</div> </blockquote> </body> </html>