[CAUT] key sticks

[Ken Zahringer]

Hey, Kent,

Just looking at your picture, the mortise looks like it's in the right
place.  At least, it looks like most of our Steinways.  I have to echo Ed's
comment - looks like the front rail is out pretty far.

We have one Steinway L here of about the same vintage as your B.  At some
point in the past the balance rail was replaced, changing from the
"accelerated" configuration (half dowels) to conventional punchings.  If
that was done to your piano, I would want to make sure it was done correctly
before I started changing the front mortises.

If it turns out that your problem is just misplaced front mortises, give me
a holler.  I've been playing around with that issue lately.  I may have some
interesting ideas for you.

Ken Z.
-- 
Ken Zahringer, RPT
Piano Technician
University of Missouri School of Music
297 Fine Arts Bldg
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-1202
cell 573-489-7529

On 5/28/05 7:46 PM, "Kent Swafford" <kswafford@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I'm sending along 2 pictures of the F1 keystick, B 342631. Note the 7
> original key leads, and the non-original leather key bushings. But
> why I'm writing is the interesting location of the wear in the key
> bushing from contact with the front rail pin. The whole set of keys
> is similar, and under certain circumstances the front rail pins do
> indeed bind on the front of the mortise. (This explains a few things!)
> 
> Any ideas out there with regard to what happened? It looks like the
> mortise is in the wrong place by just over 1/16". Anything else to
> watch out for? I know, I know -- watch for  _everything_. But it
> probably is just the mortise in the wrong place, right?
> 
> 
> Kent
> 
> 
> 
> Photos at:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cyygq
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/ao697
> 
> Direct ptg.org URLs:
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> https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/01/b9/bc/70/DSCN1071.jpg
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> https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/fa/4b/57/a0/DSCN1075.jpg
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