Old Steinway action help

[Travis Gordy]

Good morning list: You know how when you sleep on a problem you
sometimes wake up with an answer you wonder why you didn't think of
before. With the small blade of my pocket knife I unglued the felt from
the back of the jack slot and pushed it forward. I selected a front rail
punching of correct thickness and cut a square to fit the slot, put glue
on both sides, and with small tweezers put it in place. Used the jack to
push the felt firmly against the punching. Worked fine and eliminated
the "wacking " noise. Now I just have 87 more to do plus rep lever
adjustment. Is it possible someone deregulated rep levers to eliminate
the noise?

If some of you have other ways of handling this problem would appreciate
hearing from you.

Travis

Travis Gordy wrote:
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> Dear list: Am regulating a S&S grand action that looks normal in every
> respect except there is no jack regulating button. It is obvious that
> felt in the repetition lever jack slot (the hammer end of the slot)
> determines the at rest position of the jack. Probably original felt
> still there. Can't find a serial number so don't know how old the piano
> is. Felt looks good but has compresed so the jacks are too far forward.
> In that position the heel of the jack (or is it the toe or shoulder)
> wacks the let off button when the repetition is adjusted to do its job,
> making a noise that I know will be complained about. If I extend the
> thickness of the jack rest felt with flange bushing cloth (the thinest
> cloth I have) the wacking stops but the jack to knuckle relationship
> looks scarry, being a hairs breath forward of the keyboard side of the
> knuckle post. Even so, pounding the key showed the jack to be getting
> back under the knuckle and doing its job on the one key with which I was
> experimenting.
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