Knabe keyframe stop block felt (was Re: Steinway hammer alignment)

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:55:42 -0700


But you will have to then the stop block the same amount as the cloth...

David I.

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On 10/17/01 at 12:14 PM kam544@flash.net wrote:

>>Is yours noisy?  Unless I abruptly let up the shift pedal it isn't too
>>bad...yet I would think cloth would improve it...
>>
>>David I.
>
>David, List,
>
>Noise exists when the shift pedal is released as you say.
>
>I experimented putting in a felt / cloth strip, but then the hammer
spacing
>was thrown off.  So I just it left alone.
>
>Re-examining the situation now, I'll probably go ahead and install a strip
>in conjunction with installing new hammers I have ordered.
>
>Keith McGavern
>Registered Piano Technician
>Oklahoma Chapter 731
>Piano Technicians Guild
>USA





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