DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 02/29/2000 1:35:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, > ulrich@rangenet.com writes: > > << Brand new, customer called for warranty tuning and I found hammers > throughout that are striking adjacent strings - obviously tuning won't solve > that one. I wrote a big estimate and suggested that since this piano has been > exchanged twice already by the store due to other problems, that they trade > up. Any other opinions? > > Roy Ulrich > >> > > How much of the hammers is striking the adjacent strings? Can the flange be > move, or the hammer shank slightly bend with heat? > > Dave Peake, RPT > Portland Chapter > Oregon City, OR Also check whether the dampers are centered on the strings, and the capstans centered on the wippen pads. It's certainly possible that the action bolts got bent (or the keybed shifted due to the piano having been dropped), and moved the whole action to one side. Good luck, Patrick
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