Lost Motion Adjustment

[Farrell]

Thanks Newton. I need to go see her about a sticky key and I will look.

"It's always sumpthin!"

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: Lost Motion Adjustment


> There should be a screw under the felt on the key.  Or the point on the
> wippen may be adjustable.
>
> Newton
>
> Farrell wrote:
> >
> > I won't tell you all about my bad day Friday. It started out with a
"Grand"
> > (mfg.) piano (oh, yuk!), and ended up with the highlight of the day - by
far
> > the most decent piano of the day - a Story & Clark console.
> >
> > BUT I will tell you about the 1897 Emerson 48" upright I ran into. The
> > wippens laid directly on the back ends of the keys - no stickers, no
> > capstans, etc. The rear key area had an approx. 3/8" thick piece of wood
> > glued to top with a piece of action cloth attached to top. The wippen
had a
> > rounded wooden heel that rested directly upon the action cloth of the
key.
> > There appear no way to adjust lost motion, except to replace action
cloth
> > with perfect thickness cloth that will not compress. Am I missing
something
> > here? It is not a rocker setup either. The thin block of wood attached
to
> > the top of the key is glued along its entire length to the key. There is
not
> > way to adjust, save move the action up or down.
> >
> > Wazzzzzzzuuuuuuuppppppp here? Could it be?
> >
> > Terry Farrell