captured action

[tune4u@earthlink.net]

Sure it's not mortised and/or glued in? Will it tip up enough for the
hammers to clear as you pull it, perhaps?

Just thinkin' ... not used to it.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Spalding
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 5:02 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: captured action


List,

I need help figuring out how to get the action out of an Estey baby grand. 
As it sits, the bass hammers are 1/4 to 1/2 inch higher than the bottom of
the stretcher.  Blow distance is 2", the shanks are settled firmly on the
rest rail felt.   OK, let's take out the stretcher.  4 screws release the
trim strip covering the gap between the plate and the stretcher.  Now I'm
looking straight down at the action - the stretcher is not attached to the
pinblock.   There are two screws through the plate flange into the
stretcher, which I remove.  Now the stretcher is only held in place by it's
attachment to the rim at each end, and this is my problem.   I can't see
how it's attached, or how to release it.  I gave it a few gentle tugs, then
a progressivel rougher knocking about, but there's limits to what I'm
willing to do in front of the cutomer in her living room.  Any ideas what I
should be looking for here, to release this stretcher from the rim?

thanks

Mike Spalding RPT  


Mike & Jane Spalding
spalding48@earthlink.net



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