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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Noisy Jacks</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom, </DIV>
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<DIV>thanks for the advice about transporting. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>As far as the jacks go, they click when the key is depressed. =
As best
as i remember, they click almost at the moment the jack toe bumps in =
the
letoff button. </DIV>
<DIV>One other thing that i forgot to mention, and this may be
significant:</DIV>
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<DIV>I had somewhat of a difficult time fitting the action into its =
supports
properly. Everytime i thought i had it in, several of the keys
wouldn't go down at all. But finally when i thought it =
was locked
into place, which is when i began checking notes and hearing =
clicks.
The other problem now, however, is that there's suddenly a whole lot =
of lost
motion, across the length of the action. Almost every note has =
1/32 or
so of a gap between the butt and jack. So, either i didn't =
notice this
before (this is a friend's never-used piano, by the way), or i =
didn't quite
return the action properly. Could this have affected the =
let-off rail
forks? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Scott</DIV>
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<DIV>Scott,</DIV>
<DIV> 1/32 lost motion is not a lot.</DIV>
<DIV> I would take all the keys out ,then =
fit the
action to the supports . Check that all the brackets are touching =
the
supports and that the strike point on #88 seems correct.This action
should fit without trouble.</DIV>
<DIV> The jack noise and action fit may not =
be
related, but take one problem at a time , that is check the =
let-off
rail, fit the action correctly ,install the keys, adjust L.M. etc.
</DIV>
<DIV> I bet the problem(s) will jump right out at
you.</DIV>
<DIV> Tom
Driscoll</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>