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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do check the letoff button rail
screws.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sckline@attbi.com href="mailto:sckline@attbi.com">Susan =
Kline</A>
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<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> Saturday, November 09, =
2002 11:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Squeeky jack =
spring??!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 11:48 PM 11/9/2002 -0800, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial =
size=2>Help!
Please! I've a customer with a newer Kawaii grand with wood whippens =
and
black plastic jacks. She has noticed (I confess I can barely, and =
never
would have heard it) a slight rubbing sort of sound when a couple of =
keys
are played very softly and slowly. Looks/sounds to me like sound =
occurs when
jack is activated. I notice that jack spring on her piano goes into =
a hole
in the jack which appears to be a looser fit than my older Kawaii =
with
wooden jacks, I've tried a tiny drop of clp lube in spring hole on =
jack and
on jack centerpin with no result. I'm pretty sure sound is coming =
from jack
area, Anyone have a similar experience?! What do I do? Thanks =
in
advance for all advice!! =
Jon</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>You've put
powdered teflon on the knuckles, I take it? Have you tried teflon =
powder on
the drop leathers? The "slight rubbing sound" when the notes are =
played very
slowly sounds like grinding knuckles and/or drop screw leathers. I've =
never
had to tinker with the hole in the jack, but I have sometimes found =
noise in
the coil area of grand springs (not Kawai so far ...) and in the slot =
on the
underside of the rep lever. But the sound of the spring jumping on =
impact is
more a click than a grinding noise. <BR><BR>Susan =
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