Unglued grand jack tender

Alan Forsyth alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:05:33 -0000


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The jack tender is in two pieces so the grain orientation is correct for =
strength. Imagine if key sticks were cut out across the grain; they =
would soon snap in two or even three pieces.

AF
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Cy Shuster=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:12 PM
  Subject: Unglued grand jack tender


  Ran into my first loose jack tender today, on a 1969 S&S M.  The note =
blocked on my first run-through, and adjusting letoff didn't help.  Sure =
enough, the tender pulled right out of its little mortise and tenon =
joint (along with two others in the high treble that weren't blocking =
yet). =20

  I CA'd them (protecting the action center with pieces of business =
cards, as per the PTG's Field Guide), but it made me wonder: why are =
those jacks made in two pieces to begin with?  Is it just so they can =
fail in a repairable way if regulation is off (too much aftertouch)?

  --Cy Shuster--
  Bluefield, WV

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