Check to see if the keys have damper allignment clearance to shift the entire action to the right a mm or two. If so... shim the stop on the left of the keybed. Or just refurbish with new felt or leather. Then allign the hammers as needed to make all allike. bases-loaded@juno.com wrote: > Greetings - > > First service call to a new customer. 1976 vintage Steinway S. More > than 2/3 of the hammers are striking left of center, although they ARE > square to the string plane. It is clear they have been this way since > day one. > > The Steinway rail does not allow enough play to simply loosen the hammer > flange screws so that the hammers can be moved over to the right enough > to be centered. I had to use the soft pedal constantly in order to sound > the majority of the right hand strings for tuning. > > What have some of you found to be the best solution for this problem? I > must say I have never run into such rampant misalignment, and find it > hard to believe it has not been noticed and dealt with by now. > > Thanks for any input! > > Mark Potter > bases-loaded@juno.com -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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