<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Also check the = jack to see if it is cracked or broken where it's pinned. Checking letoff in slow = motion won't always reveal what is happening with the jack on a regular blow. = Is the jack spring in it's place and unbroken? If not, the jack may not be = fully returning.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left>Alan R. = Barnard</DIV> <DIV align=left>Salem, MO</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left>-----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Avery Todd Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 4:29 = PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Starr console </DIV>Ed, = It sounds like the jack is not far enough under the hammer = butt and is escaping too easily. Similar to a grand that has the jack adjusted = too far forward. Have you tried the grand type test of holding the hammer = in place and then playing the key with a little force and seeing if the = jack escapes? It shouldn't. Avery At 03:35 PM 3/27/05, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I'm stuck.  The piano is a Starr Console piano.  The C1 note = plays, but only softly.  If you play it and the surrounding notes = quietly, it is just fine.  Play with more force and the other notes get = louder, the C1 does not.  It feels as if the key is bottoming out before = the hammer can reach the string.  The let off is correct.  I have = removed the front rail felt and tried it that way, but still feels as if = something is impeding the hammer in its motion.  The damper mechanism seems = to be fine, the spoon is adjusted correctly.  I removed and replaced = the whippen, and hammer, and all seems to be A-OK.  Nothing is = broken and the flanges all are working easily.  The backcheck is adjusted = all right.  It has been adjusted for lost motion.  I don't = know what to check next.  Everything seems to working properly and = adjusted correctly, yet something is keeping the hammer from contacting the = string with the proper force.  Any ideas????   Ed Carwithen Associate PTG John Day, OR</BLOCKQUOTE> -- No virus found in this incoming = message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - = Release Date: 03/25/2005 </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: = 03/25/2005