missing Steinway nose shim

Wimblees@AOL.COM Wimblees@AOL.COM
Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:31:50 EST


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In a message dated 11/23/01 10:19:13 PM !!!First Boot!!!, pno2nr@hotmail.com 
writes:


> Can anyone offer 
> some suggestions about the best material to use to fashion one?  That is, 
> could I just take an old plate screw and grind down its shank to 
> appropriate 
> dimensions, or is there a better way?
> 
> As a side note, I wonder about the stress this imbalance placed on the 
> plate/rim/belly structure over the years.  Significant or inconsequential?
> 
> Dave Foster
> Berryville, VA
> 
> 
> 

I rebuilt a B once and forgot to put the wedge back in. I hadn't realized I 
forgot to put it in and for two years the piano would never stay in tune. 
When I did notice it, I released the tension on the piano, and put in a wedge 
made of pin block material. The piano was fine after that. I checked the 
wedge for several more years, and did not see it compress any more than the 
initial crush.

Wim 

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