Thanks Jim! Actually, that was a bit of a trick question. The truth be known, I ALREADY replaced all the smelly, gooey ( cooking oils & pets, I think ) stinking, sticking Teflon (TM) parts on this 1896 B with much nicer ones from other pianos, refelted the keybed, replaced the backchecks and and fully regulated the action. I did all this because the University said that I could play the piano for Sunday brunch ( for pay ) and that sounded like fun! Then they decided to let students ( much less accomplished ) play the brunch, and I am now out for all that labor, on a piano that the University's own technicians said could not be fixed!!!!!!! I would simply like to show them what some other technicians would have charged ( for the labor only. Parts have been paid for ) thereby giving them an opprtunity to compensate me if their conciences(?) bug them! Most Sincerely Gordon --- Jon Page <jonpage@attbi.com> wrote: > At 07:18 AM 8/2/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >Dear Fellow Techs, > > The University here has an 1896 Steinway B in > >which someone installed a Teflon (TM) action back > in > >the 60's. It is all gummed up and otherwise does > not > >work properly, making the piano unplayable. I have > a > >barely used, excellent condition set of regular > parts > >to replace them, and am trying to convince > University > >officials of the value of the labor involved, > >including a hammer filing, thorough action > regulation > >and replacements of the backchecks. Your comments > on > >what this amount of work is worth would be most > >appreciated, and I will be showing these comments > to > >the aforementioned parties. I am a meticulous, > careful > >technician with 25 years experience. > > Most Sincerely, > > Gordon Lee Stelter > > If the centers are tight, repin. What is the reason > for the stiffness? This > action should work if the friction is tended to. > If the hammers, shanks & flanges are 40 years old in > an institutional > setting then replace with new material unless > the salvaged parts meet the criteria below and > budget constraints prevent > new parts. > > As far as replacing the parts with salvaged parts, > there are a few > consideration: > Knuckle radius (distance from center pin), Knuckle > Size as well. > Shank Length (distance from hammer center pin to > hammer molding center) > Hammer Bore (length of hammer, center of shank to > hammer tip) > > Shank Length and Hammer Bore are of paramount > consideration. > Calculate what the bore should be: String Height > minus Hammer Center Height > > Don't forget, the number of bass notes. The A's thru > D's have 20 note > basses while the S, M, L have 26. > > The thing to do first would be to fit a few parts on > and see if they regulate. > > > > > Regards, > > Jon Page, piano technician > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. > mailto:jonpage@attbi.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
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