New Steinway D problem

[Richard Brekne]

Thanks Jon and Bob.

Actually Steinway is involved, in the sense that their rep. is the fellow who
decided to turn the "bell" bolt, and he says he confered with Hamburg and got the
go ahead to give it a full turn. The nut underneath was said to have been
relatively easy to turn with an adjustable wrench, tho it was certainly more the
quite snug. You can see about a 1 mm gap now between the outermost edge of the lip
of the bell where it screws into the underside of the case/rim.

I have very good reason to want to solve this problem locally, thats why I want a
good assessment of the risk involved in taking off this bar and bushing it.

Jon, the down bearing question was what got me into this in the first place. I
heard this story friday nite and asked if I could come out to take a look see.
Didnt seem right at all to start tightening this bolt to fix a buzz from one note
in the first place, and the stress on the plate and increased downbearing issues
didnt sound good either.

Thanks for your replies... I have a day or two to think on the matter.... sure
would be nice to nail this one tho. :)

Cheers
RicB

Jon Page wrote:

> Bob Davis wrote
> >
> >Richard,
> >
> >I'd refer it right back to Steinway. It is a warranty issue; pass on your
> >findings and let them fix it. Last I heard, it is not officially sanctioned
> >to remove this bar, but it happens all the time, even at Steinway. I think it
> >is more important for coupling than strength, except maybe while the piano is
> >being moved. Why take any risk at all, or expense?
> >Bob
>
> Right, it's their problem, don't do anything to put it in your lap, unless
> they authorize you to take
> the steps you have in mind because then it's still their problem; not yours.
>
> I'd be a little leery about that full turn and what it may have done to the
> downbearing.
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page,   piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




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