OH, shoot! I forgot to look for a keybed height adjustment! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:07 PM Subject: Lost Motion Adjustment > 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 > >
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