Capstan Alignment

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Lisa,
I too have seen the rare two notch action bracket bird. Never did take time
to see if the second hole was a redrill so that the factory could use the
part or if it was made that way. If my foggy memory serves me correctly
most of the two two hole birds were the outside bracket causing me to get
the action into place crooked the first time thus showing that there was a
problem.
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: <Lwellerrpt@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: Capstan Alignment


> IMy quote from my first reply:
> >  > Sometimes those old upright action brackets have more than one
> indentation
> >  on
> >  > their undersides.  It would be very simple to feel with your finger
if
> >  > there's more than one hole on the bottom.  If there is, try the other
one
> >  > before you go moving 88 capstans.
> >  >
> >  > Lisa Weller
>
> Ric wrote:
> >  I can't say I have never encountered one because I never knew about
this
> >  "feature".  Most of the time I don't take the action out so I wouldn't
know
> >  if it had it or not.  On the other hand, because I have never seen this
on
> >  the actions I have had out and put back in, does this mean they are as
> >  scarce as hens teeth? ---
> >  ric  cleanasahenstooth.
>
>
> Being a city kid, I haven't had the opportunity to look into the mouths of
> many hens... but maybe four or five times in my seventeen years of looking
> into the mouths (or other parts) of too many old uprights I remember
noticing
> there was more than one way to leave the action brackets sitting on the
> posts.  Not necessarily only on the big old uprights... I recall a couple
> consoles too.
>
> Lisa Weller
> Los Alamitos, CA
>