Class notes - Overs action design (offlist)

[Bdshull@AOL.COM]

Ron,

I remain interested in your take on the Stanwood approach - not to be pesky.  
By the way, any thought to building some Overs action models to disseminate?

Bill Shull

In a message dated 8/5/01 7:31:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
sec@overspianos.com.au writes:

<< After Reno we took the piano down to LA to set it up for a couple of 
 industry representatives to inspect. While preparing the piano I 
 found that the capstans were quite corroded. I did not find this in 
 Reno. Since the action was assembled just before the piano was 
 shipped to the US, I had assumed that the capstans would not require 
 any further polishing. How wrong I was. The piano was packed for 
 shipment in Sydney without being fully sealed within the crate. 
 During the flight the cold conditions had caused condensation on the 
 capstans which allowed the heel cloth to corrode the surface of the 
 capstans. They were very rough to the feel. After polishing the 
 capstans and guide pins in LA the action improved considerably. I 
 didn't take any measurements. When we get the piano set up again in 
 Sydney, I will post the DW UW figures to the list.
 
 It was unfortunate that I didn't get onto the corrosion problem at 
 Reno, because the action would certainly have been more free. Anyhow, 
 we will take appropriate precautions when shipping in future.
 
 Should there be any questions on the class notes, please fire them up 
 to the list.
 
 Best regards, >>