More than likely the felt that cushions the action frame at the left hand side of the keyboard has compressed. One solution is to remove the rail on which the felt is glued and add in some thin veneer to shim the rail out. This will permanently shift the action to the right, and the problem will be solved. It happens from time to time. Tom Sheehan, RPT NYC Chapter ----- Original Message ----- From: <bases-loaded@juno.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:09 PM Subject: Steinway hammer alignment > 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 >
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