Steinway Upright question

[Brian Lawson]

Dear Rook Phil Tito

If Conrad's suggestion doesn't solve it for you take out a capstan and
relocate it and see, at worst only one little drill hole in the key

Brian



----- Original Message -----
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Steinway Upright question


At 10:18 10/27/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>RPT Phil,
>
>
>That dapmer pedal can be a bear... ;-}
>also a good clue...
>
>Have the capstans created deep craters in the wippen cloth? For a piano of
>1906 vintage t'would be a distinct possibility.
>
>If the key is free and the action is free, then the problem, IMMHO, would
>be at the interface between the two.
>My 2¢.


Duh... also check the divots which the damper spoons have made - using the
pedal takes them out of the equation.

Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician
Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
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