[CAUT] disabling individual notes

Thomas Seay t.seay at mail.utexas.edu
Wed Aug 15 17:35:26 MDT 2007


>Jeff,
>
>Removing the hammer assemblies was my first thought, as that would 
>be very quick and would surely disable the notes in question.  (It 
>would definitely be much faster than pulling the stack to add to the 
>front rail pile, although for $100/hr I will gladly do it!)  Problem 
>was that the keys sagged in front without sufficient weight present 
>over the capstan, and the pianist found that unacceptable.
>
>Any particular reason you would use cardboard punchings instead of cloth?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alan

Why would you need to pull the stack?

Just use the same procedure you use for setting key dip, i.e., lift 
the front of the key up and slip the extra cloth punching over the 
pin, being careful not to lift too high. In my view, that is the 
fastest way to do it.

Tom

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