---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi David, I forward the following comments from Ken Sloane regarding the instrument at Oberlin you referred to. Best, Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Robert A. Murphy Piano Technician & Curator of Fortepianos Oberlin Conservatory of Music cell: 517.285.3269 shop: 440.775.8275 Begin forwarded message: > From: Kenneth Sloane <Kenneth.Sloane@oberlin.edu> > Date: March 09, 2005 04:07:20 PM EST > To: Robert.Murphy@oberlin.edu > Subject: Fwd: Reply to below message (replacement keys) > > > This is the first hit for me in quite a long time. Robert Murphy > suggested that I comment on the subject and to remind you all that my > name has an "e" on the end. > > Oberlin, in their infinite wisdom (ha ha), has seen fit to hire me > part time to, among other things, install new keyboards and back > actions in some of their aging Steinways. If you are working with a > Steinway that has a Pratt Reed key frame -- with a smaller octave -- > you will have to perform some cheek block surgery to fit in the > current Kluge keyboard to accomodate its larger octave. If you are > having someone like PianoTek fit new keys on an old key frame, they > will give you the option to duplicate the old or to install keys with > the current size octave, forcing you to engage in cheek block surgery. > My successor (and kind and understanding boss) prefers to use the > current octave size, so cheek block surgery -- no anesthesia required > -- is performed regularly here at Oberlin. Cutting down the cheek > blocks can be accomplished on a good band saw with a 1/2 inch resaw > blade and the fallboard "ears" easily reinstalled with a verneer saw > and sharp chisels. > > On the Steinway "D" for which I made a second action, I just had to > make a new treble cheek block for the second action (with the wider > octave and longer, overall width) and used the bass cheek block for > both. > > Moral of the story--- do what you have to do to make the damn thing > work!!!! > > Ken Sloane, greyer but wiser and still kickin' >> From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> >> Date: March 09, 2005 02:54:07 PM EST >> To: jminor@uiuc.edu, College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> >> Subject: RE: [CAUT] Steinway replacement keyset? >> Reply-To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> >> >> I know that the newer key frames and keys are wider than they were in >> 1950. When Ken Sloan made the second action for a piano at Oberlin >> the >> new one was wider and they had to do some serious modifications. The >> current Steinways are 48.375" from A0 - C8 where your "L" is probably >> 48". In that situation, I'd probably get Pianotek or Roseland to do >> the >> work and duplicate what was there. >> >> dp >> >> David M. Porritt >> dporritt@smu.edu >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of >> John Minor >> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:43 PM >> To: caut >> Subject: [CAUT] Steinway replacement keyset? >> >> Has anyone purchased the KEYFRAME W/KEYS from >> Steinway($2,495)? Wondering how they work out on an older >> 1950's L. Thanks for any help. >> >> John Minor >> University of Illinois ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3432 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/ea/bb/ee/86/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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