[CAUT] Interesting

[Paul T Williams]

thanks, David.  I'll be taking those classes! Do you like the turbo wips? 
It helped some on one of the other prof's 70's steinway B....  I just 
don't like the $850 for them if I can help it.


Paul




From:
"David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To:
<caut at ptg.org>
Date:
06/22/2011 03:55 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Interesting



You can’t make decisions about moving capstans until you know how friction 
is contributing to your problem.  You shouldn’t make decisions about 
replacing parts without an analysis of the action leverage and the weight 
of the component parts.   If the action was heavy with lots of lead before 
and you use the same specs to replace the parts why would you expect 
anything different?  DW by itself won’t tell you much, you have to check 
the upweight as well.  Not sure where to start but I wouldn’t look to 
center pin lubricants to solve your problems generally.   Kansas City is 
offering some good classes on this very subject.  Good place to start. 
 
David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
 
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul 
T Williams
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 1:16 PM
To: mick johnson; caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] Interesting
 
Mick and all. 

I asked Mick about heavy DW on a '79 Steinway B.  I just replaced all 
hammers and shanks with S&S parts that weighed out the same as the old 
ones...just a little heavier since the old ones had been filed a few 
times. (I call this Ham-shanks when making notes) 

Before DW was over 60g in the bass, and high 50's in the treble.  Lots of 
lead in the keys. Ugh! (thinking about moving the capstans) 

Just for fun, before I left for a couple hours, I McLubed the wippen 
action centers.  When I came back, the samples I juiced did indeed come 
down about 10g!!  I'm sure it's just a short term fix, but wondered if 
yall have tried this? 

Paul 


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