Lost My Head

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Alan,
  1.Would a same size lock nut be available?
second choice and cheap, run the nut up above where you want it to be and
grip the threads with your favorite pliers roughing the threads. turn the
nut back down and regulate.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:01 AM
Subject: Lost My Head


> This is just one of those aggravations ya don't need ...
>
> Pulled the action on a 1921 Geo. Steck grand and snapped the head off one
of
> the hammers, breaking the shaft right at the head.
>
> Why? Because a stupid prop rail adjustment screw had gotten too low
(turning
> with vibrations?) and was holding the adjacent key down slightly. %&#$*@&
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) This is just a simple system with a threaded shaft holding the prop
> rail, one nut under it and the round prop nut above it. How can I keep
that
> lower nut from moving, short of gluing it to the screw?
>
> 2) Not having a replacement shaft (has Brambach-style knuckle), how would
> y'all go about fixing this head? Would like to avoid the "sewing thread
> splint with giant blob of epoxy" fix that I've seen in other pianos!
>
> Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
>
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