Viennese Grand Action Regulation

[Richard Brekne]

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment


Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

>      Hello list,
>
>      Just got through tuning a 200 cm Bechstein grand built in
>      1891.  All in all, it was a pretty sweet sounding piano.
>      Except for the action.  It's a viennese type action, and
>      it's noisy.  I guess that's the nature of the beast.
>
>      I am curious if anyone can point me to information regarding
>      the regulation of these actions.  The capstan arrangement
>      seems unnecessarily complex.  And how does one align the
>      jack to the knuckle?  Didn't have time to mess around with
>      it, but I'm very curious about this piano.  And has anyone
>      come up with a way to quiet the actions a bit?
>
>
>  I'm sure the restorers among us won't approve but the last one we did
> got a new keyset and Renner action stack. The owner is thrilled with
> his "new" piano. Del

Nothing inherently wrong with this as far as I can tell... as long as
all is up front and there are no pretentions of this being anything else
then a "new" piano as you say.  Its not a restored piano... its a
rebuilt one. Thats cool :)

RicB

--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html


---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/37/14/b9/e9/attachment.htm

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--