<HTML>Clyde, While I have a particular fondness for Everett pianos, I have to admit t= hat they haven't stood up to the test of time really well.  The last on= e I worked on was breaking hammer return springs and damper springs left and= right.  It wouldn't be surprising if they cut corners in other areas, = too... Dave Stahl In a message dated 2/27/03 1:35:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, cedel@super= net.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Friends, 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 s= ound 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.  Th= e backchecks have only 1/8" or 5/32" of felt, which is not all that unusual, I guess, but it seemed pretty hard to me. So I think what I need to do is replace all the backchecks, but because I've never run into this before, I'm asking if anyone has ever had to do this on a piano only twenty years old.  Is this indeed the problem,= or does it just *appear* to be when it's actually something else?  Tha= nks! Regards, Clyde </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>