The flanges will have to be shimmed - the dampers are all centered, and there was no visible movement as a result of transport. Because it's a spinet, and because there are so many poorly installed, I see the issue of taking the action out, putting it back, repeat etc. becoming _very_ time consuming. Also, regarding the use of heat to the shanks: I've seen that fail in the past and if I take the chance I may end up doing it over at some point on MY dime. Roy -----Original Message----- From: J Patrick Draine <draine@mediaone.net> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Wurlitzer spinet > > >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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