---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 11/4/01 8:57:38 PM !!!First Boot!!!, jbaird@fgi.net writes: > When adjusting backchecks in the past, > there have been times when it seemed that too little force was required > to bend the backcheck wire in order to get a change in checking height. > I have thought that there might be metal fatigue in the backcheck wire, > that it might be close to breaking. Now I suspect that the wire is just > moving in the enlarged hole in the ... doublet. > > Others, pleas comment. > > Thank you, > > John Baird > > I have also had back check wires bend very easy. However, I don't think the wire was moving in the doublet. (I figured out what it is, although I still have never heard of that piece of wood called that before). I also don't think it was wire fatigue. I just think it is a weaker wire material. Why Steinway choose to use that I don't know. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/1c/45/99/ed/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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