Steinway questions

[Newton Hunt]

Wally Brooks has Japanese made direct replacement parts for old S&S
uprights that are superbly made, fit perfectly and are easy to work
with.  These are expensive parts but they do work.

I am working on my second action with replacement parts.

Some suggestions.

If butts and levers are in good shape then replacing the flanges can
go a long way to a functioning action.

Remove all the parts except your samples.

Check the pinning of then install the butts, keep them aligned at 90
degrees to the rail.  Keep retightening the screws.

Install new damper levers but keep the damper blocks.  They are
drilled at the exact angle needed to make them work best.  If you need
to replace any block make them from similar materials and drill the
angle exactly to it's neighbors.  If these blocks do not have metal
inserts then install them.

Install the damper levers, align the wires, install the blocks and
install the new dampers.  Be careful because there is little room for
the operation of the damper levers between the spoons, action and the
strings.  Get the dampers working PERFECTLY, muting, timing,
alignments, before installing the hammers.  This is the most time
consuming operation of them all.  Adjust the spring tension of the new
springs before installing the hammers.

You travel the butts by rotating them around the screw.  Shimming the
flanges spaces the hammers.

Figure that this action will cost you at least twice the time of a
regular action.

Lots of luck.

		Newton