<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Check for ...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  loose hammerheads</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  loose catchers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  loose let-off = buttons</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  loose damper heads (incredible = how much noise a loose collet in the damper head can make)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  glue slobber on the jack stop rail</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  glue slobber on the damper stop rail</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt  RPT<BR>Ann = Arbor  MI<BR><A href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = 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> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>