Viennese Grand Action Regulation

[Richard Moody]

If the Viennese action  is like any other action and it is "noisy"
you should go through and tighten every screw you can find.  After
that then you have a noise problem.       ---rm




----- Original Message -----
From: <Piannaman@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:05 AM
Subject: Viennese Grand Action Regulation


> 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?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dave Stahl
>
>
>