Quiztime... or Petrof Blues...agin:)

[Thomas Cole]

Balance pins angled back too much.

Tom Cole

Richard Brekne wrote:

> Hi folks...
>
> Ran into a really cute one... older Petrof 6 foot variant. I had a 
> basic action cleanup, lub, and regulation in front of me. I'd gotten 
> so far as to be back at the piano and started to do the rough in... 
> and noticed real quickly in the middle area that there was this 
> squishy feeling to the bottom of the key stroke... sort of like what 
> you get if the damper stop rail is adjusted just barely too low... but 
> it wasnt. The other clue is that removing key front punchings really 
> didnt seem to help, or give any increase in dip or aftertouch. I didnt 
> find the problem until I noticed the keys wouldnt fall to the front 
> felt punchings with the weight of the top action removed.
>
> This may be easy to guess at now... but I just couldnt believe it had 
> gotten out of the factory in this condition. Amazing ! 50 Q&A points 
> for the first to guess right :)
>
> Cheers
> RicB
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